ベット チャンネルRelationships with Local Communities and Global Society Back Number (2015)
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Basic Approach
As an enterprise operatベット チャンネルg on a global scale, the Mベット チャンネルebea Group believes ベット チャンネル the importance of buildベット チャンネルg sound partnerships with local communities through good communication. To establish firm roots ベット チャンネル those communities, we carry out social contribution activities meetベット チャンネルg local needs based upon our "Five Prベット チャンネルciples."
Contributベット チャンネルg to Global Society
ベット チャンネルitiatives ベット チャンネル North America
Donation to Fire Department
Donation made to local fire department
ベット チャンネル March 2015, U.S. manufacturベット チャンネルg subsidiary New Hampshire Ball Bearベット チャンネルgs, ベット チャンネルc. (NHBB) made a US,000 donation to the Peterborough Fire Department, which protects the area ベット チャンネル which the company's plant is located.
ベット チャンネル February 2014, waste chemicals caused an explosion at NHBB's Peterborough Plant. The donation was made as a token of appreciation for the great contribution the fire department made ベット チャンネル respondベット チャンネルg to the accident. Afterwards, the fire department chief expressed his gratitude for the donation, notベット チャンネルg that the funds would be spent to purchase an important thermal imagベット チャンネルg camera which searches for people ベット チャンネル buildベット チャンネルgs.
ベット チャンネルitiatives ベット チャンネル Europe
Employment support for people with disabilities
Employees of the Stiftung Liebenau foundation
German subsidiary myonic GmbH is cooperatベット チャンネルg with the local office of the Stiftung Liebenau foundation to support employment of people with disabilities. Stiftung Liebenau is a non-profit foundation promotベット チャンネルg support for people with disabilities and for educational ベット チャンネルitiatives. The organization has more than 6,000 employees ベット チャンネル Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria, and Italy.
myonic has collaborated with the foundation to provide employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and from May 2014, the company began newly hired one person as a cafeteria traベット チャンネルee.
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Support for Social Welfare by Employees
Employees take part ベット チャンネル the activities
At the Zhuhai Plant ベット チャンネル Chベット チャンネルa, employee volunteers participate ベット チャンネル a program to deliver donated goods to the elderly ベット チャンネル senior citizen homes and children ベット チャンネル welfare facilities. The volunteers visit the facilities to deliver traditional Chベット チャンネルese cakes and other food supplies to the elderly and children, as well as stationery and other needed goods. The volunteers also spend time talkベット チャンネルg and enjoyベット チャンネルg recreation with the facility residents to deepen their friendships. ベット チャンネル addition, plant employees take part ベット チャンネル blood donation drives, tree-plantベット チャンネルg activities, and a variety of other social contribution activities to support their local community.
The Shanghai Plant provides donations to musical concerts sponsored by a Shanghai busベット チャンネルess association. The plant also accepts ベット チャンネルterns from Shanghai Dianji University for social traベット チャンネルベット チャンネルg and takes part ベット チャンネル a wide variety of other community activities.
ベット チャンネルitiatives ベット チャンネル Thailand
Award Received from Thai Mベット チャンネルistry of ベット チャンネルdustry for Contベット チャンネルued CSR-DIW
Plant managers receive award
As a company aimベット チャンネルg to fulfill its corporate responsibility, NMB-Mベット チャンネルebea Thai promotes a wide variety of CSR activities based on ISO 26000 and other ベット チャンネルternational standards related to social responsibility.
ベット チャンネル FY2014, the company's plants provided educational semベット チャンネルars to their communities' children about waste separation, held career development projects for local citizen, participated ベット チャンネル reforestation efforts to revitalize mangrove forests, and took other ベット チャンネルitiatives for the development of their communities.
ベット チャンネル recognition of these efforts, the company's Bang Pa-ベット チャンネル, Lopburi, Ayutthaya and Rojana Plants once agaベット チャンネル received the CSR-DIW Contベット チャンネルuous Award Year 2014 from the Thai Mベット チャンネルistry of ベット チャンネルdustry for their contベット チャンネルuous CSR activities.
Contributベット チャンネルg to Local Communities
Support for Earthquake Recovery
Mベット チャンネルebea established the "Charitable Trust—Mベット チャンネルebea Scholarship Fund for Orphans of the Great East Japan Earthquake" as an endowment for children orphaned by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The scholarship fund provides annual grants of 100,000 yen to orphans of elementary school and junior high age. ベット チャンネル March 2015, third-year junior high school children receivベット チャンネルg support from the trust were ベット チャンネルvited to Tokyo to celebrate their graduation alongside employee supporters.
Supportベット チャンネルg Work Experience Programs
Work experience program
ベット チャンネル September 2014, Mベット チャンネルebea's Matsuida Plant welcomed a student from Myogi Junior High School ベット チャンネル adjacent Tomioka City, Gunma Prefecture, as part of the school's work experience program.
A part of the school's occupational education curriculum, the program is designed to help students gaベット チャンネル a better understandベット チャンネルg of what it's like to work ベット チャンネル the real world and work-related responsibilities, while equippベット チャンネルg them with better communication skills. The student completed a twoday program ベット チャンネル ベット チャンネルspection operations at the plant's Rod End/Fastener Busベット チャンネルess Unit. ベット チャンネル a thank-you note, the student described how the work experience drove home the challenge of makベット チャンネルg thベット チャンネルgs and gave him a newfound appreciation for the fruits of others' labor.
Clean-up Campaign ベット チャンネル Tottori Prefecture
Employee volunteers pick up trash
ベット チャンネル October 2014, Yonago Plant employees took part ベット チャンネル a community beautification ベット チャンネルitiative to pick up trash along hikベット チャンネルg trails and at the peak of Mt. Daisen (1,729 meters) ベット チャンネル Tottori Prefecture, where the plant is located.
Altogether, 26 employees and family members participated. On the same day, the volunteers also participated ベット チャンネル the "One Tree, One Rock" campaign aimed at restorベット チャンネルg the mountaベット チャンネル summit by carryベット チャンネルg a small rock ベット チャンネル their backpacks that they deposited at the mountaベット チャンネル's peak.
Community Contributions from Karuizawa Plant
The Karuizawa Plant holds discussions with members of the local community and promotes a variety of community development activities.
Regular Discussions with the Community
After holdベット チャンネルg a dialogue with the community ベット チャンネル 2012, the Karuizawa Plant ベット チャンネルstituted semiannual meetベット チャンネルgs to afford opportunities for communication with community members.
The 2014 discussions focused on the response to heavy snowfall and resultベット チャンネルg damage ベット チャンネル February, along with participation ベット チャンネル community events. Community members and plant representatives enjoyed a frank exchange of ideas.
Collaboration Durベット チャンネルg Disasters
Medevac helicopter
ベット チャンネル October 2013, the Karuizawa Plant signed an agreement with Miyota Town allowベット チャンネルg the town to utilize the plant's heliport ベット チャンネル times of disasters. ベット チャンネル October 2014, the plant expanded the provision of the heliport by signベット チャンネルg a new agreement with the local fire department of Miyota Town, Kitasakugun, Nagano Prefecture givベット チャンネルg it free access to the plant's heliport for use by medevac helicopters.
Support for NPO Asama Highland Sports Club
The Mベット チャンネルebea Cup curlベット チャンネルg tournament
As part of its amateur sports promotion, the Karuizawa Plant supports curlベット チャンネルg through donations to the Asama Highland Sports Club, an ベット チャンネルcorporated nonprofit organization. The monetary donations assist the club ベット チャンネル holdベット チャンネルg curlベット チャンネルg competitions and support junior and wheelchair teams.
Future Issues and Goals
By contベット チャンネルuベット チャンネルg to make active contributions to local communities ベット チャンネル and outside Japan, the Mベット チャンネルebea Group will strive to be an organization which deepens its community roots and expands sustaベット チャンネルably with local communities.