Harmony with Local Communities

The Nabtesco Group contributes to the economic development of local areas and society by establishing a production system aimed at local production for local consumption. As part of the implementation of The Nabtesco Way, we clearly state in our policy for our activities as a corporate citizen that in the areas where we operate, we facilitate interactions and collaboration with the area and community regarding the matters related to the businesses that we promote. As a corporate citizen engaged in business activities in a variety of locations, we leverage our resources, such as employees, technologies, products and services, to contribute to solving social issues.

In Japan, the Corporate Communication Department plans a range of programs to utilize the Nabtesco Group’s strength to contribute to the solution of social issues. Then the Department implements the programs in cooperation with the administrative departments, in-house companies, major Group companies and others.

Outside Japan, Nabtesco’s local subsidiaries are taking initiatives to conduct social contribution activities closely connected to local communities.

As for disaster recovery support and for donations made and membership fees paid to general incorporated associations, foundations, NPOs, NGOs and others, the related departments check whether or not they are appropriate in line with the internal rules before the donations, etc. are actually made.

In order to implement even more initiatives in line with the Nabtesco Group Community Investment Policy, the Nabtesco Group launched in 2021 an in-house system to give prizes to the corporate citizen activities that had been conducted by employees in and outside Japan in the previous fiscal year and that met the evaluation criteria to receive the prizes. In FY2024, under the system, the Group gave prizes to the following one activity (conducted by a total of four people) from among the initiatives implemented in FY2023.

The Nabtesco Group believes that employees’ local community contribution activities are effective in nurturing diversified values and establishing trust with the communities in which we operate, thus we are actively providing relevant support and information to employees. In addition, to promote these activities, our working regulations provide for the use of accumulated leave for participating in volunteer activities organized by international NGOs.

Nabtesco Automotive Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Nabtesco Power Control (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Nabtesco Service Southeast Asia Co., Ltd. have been continuing a mangrove planting activity on tideland located within the premises of the Bang Pu Nature Education Center in the province of Samut Prakan, aiming to contribute to interaction with the local community and solutions to regional environmental issues.

While the mangrove planting activity was postponed in FY2020–FY2022 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we resumed the activity in 2023. The three companies in Thailand conducted the ninth event jointly in July 2024. A total of 221 employees and their families planted 1,000 mangrove seedlings, bringing the cumulative total number of seedlings planted in this activity to 7,620 so far.

Mangroves grow in intertidal zones where seawater mingles with fresh water, and there are hopes that mangroves will help purify marine water, maintain and recover ecosystems, mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters, and prevent global warming. The Nabtesco Group will continue this activity in the future.

In order to contribute to the development of next-generation human resources as a member of the local community, the Nabtesco Group invites students, teachers and general citizens to its plants and other facilities for tours and internship programs. Last year, 1,069 people participated in these events.

Since 2024, Nabtesco has been sponsoring the “JIFF Inclusive Education Program” organized by the Japan Inclusive Football Federation (JIFF). This program offers interactive classes for elementary and junior high school students, in which para soccer players give presentations and activities designed to foster understanding of disabilities and awareness of diversity before prejudice and discrimination can arise. In support of the program, Nabtesco Automotive Corporation, a Group company, dispatches Mr. Yusuke Matsuzaki, an amputee soccer* player, as a guest instructor. Through such activities, we promote diversity and inclusion, expand opportunities for people with disabilities, and work toward the realization of an inclusive society.

Amputee soccer: A seven-a-side soccer game played by athletes with upper- or lower-limb amputations using two crutches.

The Nabtesco Group has been supporting youth athletes since FY2018.
In each of the regions where we have our bases, we aim to foster harmony with the region and local culture by giving support for the education of local school children and for youth sports. Since FY2018, the Nabtesco Group has provided assistance to a total of 16 youth athletes in fencing, sailing, speed skating, shooting, BMX, mogul skiing, golfing, weight-lifting and others, thereby helping school children and young people to make their dreams come true through sports.

Nabtesco has been supporting para-sports, specifically wheelchair curling and para-ice hockey as official partners of the Japan Wheelchair Curling Association and the Japan Para Ice Hockey Association. We will continue to give support for para-sports to contribute to the creation of a vibrant, symbiotic society, which is upheld as the philosophy for para-sports.