Environmental Communications Back Number (2013)
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So that as many people as possible may become aware of the Minebea Group's initiatives to preserve the environment, we publicize those initiatives and their results on the Internet and through a variety of means including CSR reports, company brochures, and annual reports. We also participate actively in the activities of local communities, creating opportunities to introduce the Minebea Group's environmental initiatives.
Environment One-click Fund-raising (Fujisawa Plant)
Minebea donation website for Fujisawa City Environment One-click Fund-raising:
The Minebea Group's Fujisawa Plant, located in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, collaborates with local government, enterprises, and residents to carry out Fujisawa City Environment One-click Fund-raising, an initiative created in response to current environmental problems, exemplified by global warming.
The goal of this initiative is to raise local residents' environmental awareness, publicize the social contributions of participating enterprises, and enhance environmental education for children—who will become the next generation of adults. The Minebea Group has participated in this initiative since July 2009. Fund-raising takes place simply by clicking the "Donation" icon on the participating enterprise's environmental activity-related web page. For each click received, the participating enterprise contributes five yen on behalf of that person. The funds collected go to provide Fujisawa City schools with teaching materials relating to the environment.
During FY2012, a total of 100,000 yen* for 26,150 clicks was contributed on behalf of visitors clicking the fund-raising icon on the Fujisawa Plant's environment-related web page.
*1: The maximum corporate donation for the Fujisawa City Environment One-click Fund-raising project is \10,000 monthly and ¥100,000 annually.
Sponsoring a click-to-donate fund raising activity for Fujisawa city.
Local Residents Tour Plant Wastewater Processing and Recycling Facilities (Thailand)
Community representatives taking part in plant tour with Minebea employees
The Minebea Group's plants in Thailand are providing tours of plant facilities to local residents.
In June 2012, the Bang Pa-in Plant provided a tour of its facilities to 14 residents of the Ruamjaipattana district near the plant. The visitors witnessed the plant's wastewater processing and recycling facilities (zero emissions system), rainwater reservoir and recycling system, canal water intake system, and drinking water production system.
Hazardous Materials Management Methods on Display During Community Tour (China)
Hazardous materials management tour for Shanghai environmental bureaus at Shanghai Minebea
The hazardous materials management methods used by Shanghai Minebea (Minebea Electronics & Hi-Tech Components (Shanghai) Ltd.) have been praised by Shanghai's municipal environmental bureaus. The company offers plant tours to the bureaus and other local community groups upon request.
In October 2012, seven members from Shanghai's Qingpu District and Zhabei District environmental bureaus visited the plant to witness Minebea's hazardous materials management methods.
Tour participants commented that Minebea maintains a high level of on-site hazardous materials management and there were many things the bureaus could learn from.
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