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Environmental Education
Basic Approach and FY2014 Initiatives (Japan)
The Minebea Group provides training on environmental management to all new employees and midcareer hires in order to raise the environmental consciousness of each employee. In addition, all Group employees receive general environmental education which explains environmental goals, targets and action plans based on the Minebea Group Environmental Policy and each site's ISO 14001 certification. In addition to these programs, we provide training for ISO 14001 internal auditors, waste management education, and drills which simulate natural disasters and other types of emergencies.
Representative Environmental Training Courses
Environmental management basics training
- New employee training (81 employees, 100%)
- Mid-career hires, dispatch employees (65 employees)
Training contents: General environmental training and environmental policies, goals and targets, implementation plans, etc. - In-house environmental newspaper Hello Environment! (All employees)
ISO 14001 internal auditor training
- Internal auditor training courses (18 employees)
- Internal auditor refresher courses (42 employees)
* For all employees with internal auditor certification
Waste management education
- Education on appropriate methods for waste disposal (All employees)
Emergency response training
- Training for evacuation and response to possible disasters (All employees)
* The above training includes programs planned and implemented by the Group Environmental Management Office or Environmental Management Office of each plant. It does not include activities taken independently by worksites. The number of participating employees represents the combined number of employees receiving training at all plants and offices.
Publication of the Minebea Group's In-house Environmental Newspaper Hello Environment!
Group environmental newsletter "Hello Environment!"
The Minebea Group publishes "Hello Environment!" an in-house environmental newspaper which focuses on a particular educational theme each month through easily understood, instructive articles. The newspaper is distributed to Group employees.
The content includes not only articles on the Group's environmental activities, but practical information on the environment and daily lifestyles. The Group's first environmental newspaper was published by the Hamamatsu Plant in January 2000 as the plant's own newspaper, and through the March 2015 edition of the Group's in-house environmental newspaper, a total of 178 editions had been published.
ISO 14001 Internal Auditor Training (Japan)
ISO 14001 internal auditor trainees and instructors for fiscal 2014
To nurture a corps of ISO 14001 internal auditors, the Minebea Group has conducted training 15 times between FY1999 and FY2014 and certified a total of 283 internal auditors.
The training sessions are led by employees with external ISO 14001 auditor certification and focuses on giving trainees the knowledge and skills necessary to become internal auditors. Training candidates are nominated by each domestic plant. Training consists of lectures to gain basic knowledge, simulated audits and group discussions, followed by a written test. Trainers evaluate their charges based on attitude, the quality of their audit reports and their written test scores. Successful trainees are certified as internal auditors.
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