Fundraising and Donation

Fund-raising Lunch

Nidec Corporation’s head office and Building C of Nidec Park have a fund-raising dish on their lunch menu exclusively for donation purposes, in which an employee can donate 20 yen to charity by ordering the dish. Likewise, stores operated by Nidec Global Service Corporation have “donation days,” when part of the proceeds from the sale of private-brand products are donated to charity. The money collected via the above programs is donated to the Kyoto Model Forest Association, a public interest incorporated association, for a variety of forest conservation and growing activities in Kyoto.

Money-donating Vending Machines

In 2022, the Nidec Group started installing “money-donating vending machines” in multiple business bases in Japan, to donate part of the proceeds from the items sold off the machines to the Green Donation program run by the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization, a public interest incorporated association. The money donated to the program is utilized to enhance activities for forests and people, including forest management and forest environmental education for children in Japan.

Support for the Sale of Merchandise by a Facility for People with Disabilities

Every month, Nidec Corporation’s head place and Building C of Nidec Park welcome people from a local facility for those with disabilities to have them sell bread, cookies, and other items made by people with intellectual disabilities seeking employment. This program, started in July 2012, is well received by Nidec employees, and held continuously. Likewise, bread made at a job assistance center is sold twice a month at Nidec Drive Technology Corporation’s Kyoto factory. In addition, some of Nidec’s overseas business bases support the sale of merchandise made by members of facilities for people with disabilities.

The Philippines: Support for Terminal Cancer Patients

Nidec Philippines Corporation and Nidec Precision Philippines Corporation work for Kalinga ng Angel Foundation in the city of Binan, Laguna Province, to provide support for terminal cancer patients. With medical treatment expenses so high and the public system-based coverage of cancer treatment limited in the country, a great number of people are subject to health problems.
It is to improve this situation even slightly that the two companies provide medical expense-related support (e.g. covering prescription charges) for patients who cannot afford cancer treatment. The companies donated a wheelchair to the foundation.

Upcycling

Nidec Component Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd. joined an upcycling project hosted by the industrial park where the company operates, and has been donating approximately 200 used plastic bottles every month since March 2022. “Upcycling” means to upgrade waste materials and unused items originally planned to be discarded into new, different products.
This above project aims to use plastic bottles and a plant fiber called Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) to produce backpacks. 700 600ml plastic bottles can produce one backpack. The sustainable backpacks made in this project are distributed to local schools for free of charge, and used as children’s commuter bags.

Food Drive

The Nidec Group hold a food drive at multiple business bases that it runs in and outside Japan. “Food drive” is a program to collect leftover food items from home at schools and workplaces, and donate them to those in need. This volunteer activity can help reduce food loss and contribute to livelihood support.
Nidec Corporation’s head place and Building C of Nidec Park has been holding this program regularly since 2022. All the food items collected in this activity, 660kg in total, have been donated to Second Harvest Kyoto, an authorized NPO, and Food Bank Kyoto, a specified non-profit corporation. Those donated food items are delivered via NPOs to children and families in need of food. This program supports local people in need by donating other items such as books, shoes, toys, and diapers in addition to food in and outside Japan.

Blood donation

Multiple business bases of the Nidec Group in and outside Japan have been donating blood, with individual bases engaging in a blood drive twice to four times a year in collaboration with local Red Cross Societies. In July 2016, Nidec Philippines Corporation and Nidec Precision Philippines Corporation were given Blood Services Platinum Awards by the Philippines Red Cross Society for their continued efforts, while Nidec Corporation’s head office received a gold-medal award from the Japanese Red Cross Society for 20 consecutive years of blood donation.

Relief donation for disaster-affected areas

The Nidec Group donated money to the following afflicted regions: