Harmony with Local Communities
Basic Approach and Policy
Basic Stance for Corporate Citizen Activities
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.
Nabtesco Group Community Investment Policy
Policy
- The Nabtesco Group promises to protect the global environment and promotes harmony with local communities and cultures by practicing The Nabtesco Way.
- In each region where it conducts business, the Nabtesco Group will proactively engage in exchange and cooperate with local communities in those fields closely related to its business.
Targets
- To contribute to solving global social challenges
- To contribute to solving social challenges faced by local communities in each region where the Group conducts business
- To encourage employees’ spirit of challenge and their innovative way of thinking by contributing to solving social challenges in those fields related to the Group’s business
- To increase the Group's brand value by contributing to solving social challenges
- By achieving these targets, to foster the growth of both the Nabtesco Group and local communities and to build long-term relationships of mutual trust
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Corresponding SDGs
System
System to Promote Corporate Citizen Activities
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.
Measures
Resources Invested and Impact
Resources Invested
*Excluding commercial initiatives
Impact
Environment
| Number of mangroves planted (FY2013 to FY2023) |
*No activities in FY2020-FY2022 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Accumulated total: 6,620 |
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| Number of persons who planted mangroves (FY2013 to FY2023) |
*No activities in FY2020-FY2022 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Accumulated total: 1,448 |
*Not conducted in 2020-2022 due to COVID-19
Education
| Number of persons who joined various programs | FY2023: 153,300 |
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Welfare
| Number of people playing the para-sports for which Nabtesco provided support (Number in Japan) | FY2023: 90 |
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Corporate Citizen Activities
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 FY2023, under the system, the Group gave prizes to the following three activities (conducted by a total of 11 people) from among the initiatives implemented in FY2022.
Prize-winning corporate citizen activities (FY2023)
- Gold prize: Participation in the Environmental Education Program hosted by Asahi Shimbun Company
- Gold prize: Automatic Door Safety Awareness Activity
- Bronze prize: Winning of 2022 Yokosuka City Sports Glory Award
Support for Employees’ Community Contribution Activities
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.
[Priority Activity Area: Environment] Mangrove Planting Activity Conducted by Group Companies
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 managed to conduct the activity in September 2023 for the first time in four years. The three companies in Thailand conducted the eighth event jointly. A total of 239 employees and their families planted 750 mangrove seedlings, bringing the cumulative total number of seedlings planted in this activity to 6,620 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.
Planting mangrove seedlings
A commemorative photo of the mangrove planting activity
[Priority Activity Area: Education] Development of the Next Generation of Leaders
Exchange with Local Educational Facilities
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, 1,271 people participated in these events.
Support for an Environmental Education Program
The Nabtesco Group has been supporting Environmental Education Program hosted by Asahi Shimbun Company, the newspaper company, since FY2014. The Program is held to help children learn about the Earth in a pleasant manner, and encourage them to voluntarily take actions for the planet.
Under the Program, educational materials (booklets or digital materials) created by Asahi Shimbun with the support of 5 companies, including the Nabtesco Group, were distributed free-of-charge to approximately 152,000 children in elementary schools across Japan (FY2023) to introduce basic knowledge on environmental issues and corporate activities to resolve them. Moreover, an environmental event was held in September, special classes were provided at two elementary schools in November and December, and participatory events were held for the children, who were asked to create a wall newspaper. The Program provides students with opportunities to raise awareness about the Earth’s environment while learning in a fun way.
Special class provided in the Program
Supporting Japanese National Team Schools for International Rocketry Challenge
The Nabtesco Group has been supporting schools which have participated in the International Rocketry Challenge (IRC) as a Japanese national team since FY2016. In this event, national teams consisting of junior high and high school students from the US, the UK, France and Japan participate as teams to design, build and launch a model rocket, competing for higher altitude, longer flying duration and others. Events have been held during the Farnborough International Airshow (in even-numbered years) and the International Paris Airshow (in odd-numbered years) at the respective sites. The Nabtesco Group provides some of the travel expenses for the Team Japan students to participate in the competition. The Group will continue to support national team schools as part of an initiative to develop next-generation human capital in the field of aerospace engineering, with which the Nabtesco Group is involved in its business.
International Rocketry Challenge (IRC) awards ceremony
Holding a RIKOCHALLENGE Event
Since March 2021, the Nabtesco Group has been supporting the RIKOCHALLENGE initiative implemented by the Gender Equality Bureau of the Cabinet Office of Japan. In the summer of FY2023, we held an online RIKOCHALLENGE event to help female students who were interested in science and technology decide on their future direction, in which 15 students participated from across Japan. We will continue to hold similar events to encourage more women to engage in fields related to science and engineering.
The 6th Nabtesco and DyDo U10 Starter League Soccer Championship held
Since FY2017, the Nabtesco Group, in partnership with DyDo DRINCO, INC., the beverage manufacturer, has hosted a soccer championship in Mie Prefecture Japan, where both companies have operational bases. Given the decreasing numbers of children joining soccer teams and the widening gaps in performance levels among teams, this championship was created to provide many children with an opportunity for exchange. It aims to encourage children to learn a spirit of fair play and sportsmanship through participation in this championship and consequently improving the level of competition and enabling more children to enjoy soccer in Mie. The sixth championship was held in January 2024, and about 750 children participated in it. The Group will continue to host the championship as a measure to contribute to nurturing the next generation and supporting local community development through sports.
U10 Starter League co-sponsored
Support for Youth Athletes
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 14 youth athletes in fencing, sailing, speed skating, shooting, BMX, mogul skiing, golfing and others, thereby helping school children and young people to make their dreams come true through sports.
BMX
Fencing
World Cup in Barcelona
[Priority Activity Area: Welfare] Support for Para-Sports
The Nabtesco Group 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.
