Corporate Citizenship
The Nisshinbo Group adheres to the notion that companies are public entity, and as a good corporate citizen, we conduct activities intended to contribute to the sustainable development of society and work to deepen understanding of our activities by local communities.
Local Volunteer Activities and Philanthropy
The Nisshinbo Group actively participates in various volunteer activities, such as cleanup programs to preserve the local environment in areas around its plants.
The Group also makes donations to programs with public benefit in response to requests from local communities. In conjunction with the development of the former Tokyo Plant site discussed in the feature, Nisshinbo donated approximately 3,213 square meters of land to Adachi-ku for roads and other use.
Volunteers conduct cleanup activities around the Nisshinbo Toyota Plant and NJR Fukuoka
Internships and Hands-On Workplace Experience Experience Programs
The Nisshinbo Group actively accepts interns from universities and graduate schools. In the fiscal year ended March 2009, the Group accepted 58 interns.
The Group also conducts one-day, hands-on workplace experience programs and plant tours in response to requests from local elementary and junior high schools as well as industrial high schools and vocational schools.
Case Study : Mosque Opened
P.T. Nikawa Textile Industry
P.T. Nikawa Textile Industry (Indonesia), which is engaged in the textile business, manufactures and sells cotton thread and textiles in Indonesia. Indonesia is known as a fervently Islamic nation, and since people must pray at specific times, offices generally have mosques. Nikawa Textile has a relatively large mosque.
Muslims are required to pray five times daily. People generally pray individually at their homes or other locations, but a service held on Friday afternoons known as Jumatan is a religiously important practice, and it is recommended that people gather at a mosque and pray. At these times, besides the employees of Nikawa Textile, about 30 persons from nearby offices of other companies gather at the mosque.
The mosque at Nikawa Textile
Case Study : Employees Participate in Oil Cleanup
Saeron Automotive Corporation
Saeron Automotive Corporation (South Korea) is active in the automotive brakes business and supplies friction materials such as brake pads to automobile manufacturers in South Korea and China. There was a major oil spill in South Korea in December 2007* as a result of a tanker collision. In March 2008, 27 Saeron Automotive employees participated in oil cleanup volunteer activities.
Employees cleaning up oil
* A tugboat collided with a tanker stopped about 10 km northwest of Mallipo Beach (Taean in Chungcheongnam-do), resulting in a spill of 15,800 kiloliters of crude oil into the Yellow Sea and on nearby beaches.
Environmental Volunteer Activities
Case Study : Protecting Biodiversity
Nisshinbo Labor Union
The Nisshinbo Labor Union participates in volunteer activities each year as a part of its social program. In the fiscal year ended March 2009, union members from the Toyota Plant participated in tree planting at Mt.Fuji and union members from the Fuji Plant participated in tree planting at the foot of Mt. Fuji (a beech planting project).
Union members planting trees
Environmental Improvement Activities
Case Study: Plant Energy Conservation Activities
NJR Fukuoka Co., Ltd.
NJR Fukuoka Co., Ltd., which is active in the electronics business, began using high-efficiency turbo refrigerators in the summer and began cooling the building by distributing well water on the roof as a part of its energy conservation activities. By distributing water on the roof, the roof temperature decreased from 50°C–60°C to about 35°C. In the winter, the company uses free cooling (a method of using cooling water that is cooled outdoors). As a result of these measures, electricity consumption decreased by 9% from the previous year.
Water is dispersed to cool the roof
Promotion of Sports
Nisshinbo Holdings Supports Program to Foster Junior Athletes
The All Japan Junior Tennis Championships were held at the Utsubo Tennis Center, Osaka. Nisshinbo Holdings has supported the championships as a special sponsor since 2005 and provides original design towels to all participants. Since 2005, the Japan Tennis Association has selected two male and two female players from among the participants to compete in the South American junior tennis circuit, which involves competitions in various South American countries. Nisshinbo Holdings has supported this activity as part of its activities as a special sponsor since 2006, and the selected team is known as the Nisshinbo National Junior Team.
The All Japan Junior Tennis Championships
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