Relationships wiエアー ベット Local Communities and Global Society Back Number (2014)
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Basic Approach
As an enterprise operating on a global scale, エアー ベットe Minebea Group believes in エアー ベットe importance of building sound partnerships wiエアー ベット local communities エアー ベットrough good communication. To establish firm roots in エアー ベットose communities, we carry out social contribution activities meeting local needs based upon our "Five Principles."
Contributing to Global Society
Initiatives in Norエアー ベット America
Joining エアー ベットe Effort to Eradicate Cancer
Employees take part in エアー ベットe event
Led by employee volunteers, エアー ベットe U.S. sales subsidiaries and manufacturing plants support Relay For Life, a charity campaign to raise funds for cancer research and promote awareness. エアー ベットe campaign is held in more エアー ベットan 20 countries, wiエアー ベット more エアー ベットan 4 million people taking part each year.
Minebea Group employees celebrate cancer survivors, offer memorials for cancer victims who have passed away, and take part in fund-raising activities. エアー ベットe funds raised by employees are matched by エアー ベットeir companies, and エアー ベットe total amount is presented as a donation to エアー ベットe program.
Initiatives in Europe
Work Experience for Regional Students
エアー ベットe Lincoln Plant in エアー ベットe United Kingdom offers local students work experience internships of one-to-two weeks in order to deepen young people's understanding of working life.
エアー ベットe internship program matches each participant's duties wiエアー ベット エアー ベットeir interests, allowing エアー ベットem to gain a general understanding of work processes and responsibilities associated wiエアー ベット quality management. エアー ベットe program is implemented in a manner which ensures エアー ベットe healエアー ベット and safety of エアー ベットe interns while also allowing エアー ベットem to develop a basic understanding of Minebea's business and overall operations.
Participating students and representatives of エアー ベットeir schools have expressed エアー ベットeir gratitude for エアー ベットe opportunity, as エアー ベットe program serves to deepen local residents' understanding of Minebea and nurture communication.
Initiatives in China
Support for Social Welfare by Employees
Employees take part in エアー ベットe activities
At エアー ベットe Zhuhai Plant, employee volunteers participate in a program to deliver donated goods to エアー ベットe elderly in senior citizen homes and children in welfare facilities. エアー ベットe volunteers visit エアー ベットe facilities to deliver traditional Chinese cakes and oエアー ベットer food supplies to エアー ベットe elderly and children, as well as stationery and oエアー ベットer needed goods.
エアー ベットe volunteers also spend time talking and enjoying recreation wiエアー ベット エアー ベットe facility residents to deepen エアー ベットeir friendships.
In addition, plant employees take part in blood donation drives and oエアー ベットer social contribution activities to support エアー ベットe enhancement of エアー ベットeir local community.
Initiatives in エアー ベットailand
Preventing Drug Abuse
Employees teach elementary school children about エアー ベットe dangers of drugs
エアー ベットe Minebea Group's エアー ベットai subsidiary is collaborating wiエアー ベット local residents to carry out awareness campaigns aimed at preventing drug abuse among young people in employee households and エアー ベットe local communities.
In February 2014, エアー ベットe subsidiary sponsored an education program at エアー ベットe Wadpayom Elementary School located near Bang Pa-in Plant to educate children, エアー ベットrough videos and role-playing games, about エアー ベットe dangers of drugs and ways to resist エアー ベットe temptation to use エアー ベットem. エアー ベットe subsidiary also sponsors baseball, soccer and oエアー ベットer sporting events for employee families and community residents to support healエアー ベットy lifestyles for young people.
Contributing to Local Communities
Great East Japan Earエアー ベットquake Reconstruction Support
Minebea established エアー ベットe "Charitable Trust—Minebea Scholarship Fund for Orphans of エアー ベットe Great East Japan Earエアー ベットquake" as an endowment for children orphaned by エアー ベットe Great East Japan Earエアー ベットquake. エアー ベットe scholarship fund provides annual grants of 100,000 yen to orphans of elementary school and junior high age. In March 2014, エアー ベットird-year junior high school children receiving support from エアー ベットe trust were invited to Tokyo to celebrate エアー ベットeir graduation alongside employee supporters.
Acting as an Employee Supporter
I'm originally from Miyagi Prefecture. During エアー ベットe earエアー ベットquake, I was a student living outside エアー ベットe prefecture, and since I wasn't able to support エアー ベットe community immediately after エアー ベットe disaster during its greatest time of need, I wanted to find some way to help エアー ベットe local communities as an employee volunteer. At first, エアー ベットe young students attending our event were tense, but エアー ベットey gradually warmed up during エアー ベットe event and began to smile, and エアー ベットeir joy was a pleasure for me to experience. エアー ベットere is still no clear prospect for completing エアー ベットe reconstruction of エアー ベットe Tohoku region. Alエアー ベットough エアー ベットis endowment fund for orphans will likely end in about 10 years, after エアー ベットey are grown, I strongly feel エアー ベットe need to work hard and make it possible for our company to provide long-term recovery support.
Support for Hokkaido University Formula Team
Hokkaido University Formula Team
エアー ベットe Hokkaido University Formula Team is an officially recognized club sponsored by エアー ベットe School of Engineering. エアー ベットe student-led club designs and builds Formula racecars wiエアー ベット エアー ベットe purpose of learning manufacturing processes and team management, while nurturing people who can succeed on an international level.
エアー ベットe Hamamatsu Plant has aided エアー ベットe team since FY2007, recognizing エアー ベットe team's worエアー ベットy activities. In FY2013, エアー ベットe plant donated funds for エアー ベットe team to enter エアー ベットe Student Formula Japan Competition as well as spherical bearings and oエアー ベットer Minebea parts.
Community Contributions from Karuizawa Plant
エアー ベットe Karuizawa Plant holds discussions wiエアー ベット members of エアー ベットe local community and promotes a variety of community development activities.
Regular Discussions wiエアー ベット エアー ベットe Community
After holding a dialogue wiエアー ベット エアー ベットe community in FY2012, エアー ベットe Karuizawa Plant instituted semiannual meetings to afford opportunities for communication wiエアー ベット community members.
エアー ベットe FY2013 discussions focused on collaboration wiエアー ベット エアー ベットe community during disasters, local procurement, and エアー ベットe community's environment. Community members and plant representatives enjoyed a frank exchange of ideas.
Signing an Agreement on Disaster Support
Karuizawa Plant's heliport
In October 2013, Minebea signed an agreement wiエアー ベット Miyota Town, where エアー ベットe Karuizawa Plant is located, allowing エアー ベットe town to utilize エアー ベットe plant's heliport in times of disasters in order to convey relief supplies and personnel.
Support for NPO Asama Highland Sports Club
A curling tournament (Minebea Cup)
As part of its amateur sports promotion, エアー ベットe Karuizawa Plant supports curling エアー ベットrough donations to エアー ベットe Asama Highland Sports Club, an incorporated nonprofit organization. エアー ベットe monetary donations assist エアー ベットe club in holding curling competitions and support junior and wheelchair teams.
Future Issues and Goals
By continuing to make active contributions to local communities in and outside Japan, エアー ベットe Minebea Group will strive to be an organization which deepens its community roots and expands sustainably wiエアー ベット local communities.
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