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Environmental Education
Basic Approach and FY2012 Initiatives
The Minebea Group provides training on environmental management basics 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 (68 employees, 100%)
- Mid-career hires, dispatch employees (53 employees, 100%)
- Education for environmental policies, objectives/indices, implementation plans, etc. (All employees)
- In-house environmental newspaper Hello Environment! and internal company magazine Shiho (All employees)
ISO14001 internal auditor training
- Internal auditor training courses (17 employees, 100%)
- Internal auditor refresher courses (54 employees, 28%)
* 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)
- Training with facilities and equipment used in possible emergency circumstances (364 employees, 100%)
* Education initiatives listed above were planned and carried out by the Group Environment Management Department and/or Environmental Management Office at each plant, and do not include initiatives implemented independently within specific work places. Additionally, participant totals are those reported as attending education initiatives at plants.
Publication of the Minebea Group's In-house Environmental Newspaper Hello Environment!
Group environmental newsletter "Hello Environment!"
Each month, the Minebea Group publishes its in-house environmental newspaper, Hello Environment! Each issue focuses on a particular educational theme with easily understood, instructive articles.
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 2013 edition of the Group's in-house environmental newspaper, a total of 154 editions had been published.
ISO 14001 Internal Auditor Training (Japan)
ISO14001 internal auditor trainees and instructors for fiscal 2012
To nurture a corps of ISO14001 internal auditors, the Minebea Group has conducted training 13 times between FY1999 and FY2012 and certified a total of 251 internal auditors.
The training sessions are led by employees with external ISO14001 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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