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Receiving Interns
In 2007, more than 400 students from all over Thailand visited Daikin Compressor Industries Ltd. (DCI). DCI provides a place for them to learn about our environmental activities and quality control in production lines. DCI also provides a long-term internship program with a vocational school in northeast Thailand, where job opportunities are few. Fifty-seven students who aim to become mechanical engineers have been trained for 10 months. In this way, DCI plays an active part in supporting them in seeking employment.
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Students take job training |
Donations to Local Communities
With the aim of stimulating local communities, DCI has provided funds for Children's Day events and donated desks with chairs to the underprivileged. DCI also contributed air purifiers to the Red Cross Charity Fair.
Golf Tournament and Charity Drive Bring New Life to Okinawa
The Daikin Orchid Ladies' Golf Tournament has been held every year since 1988. This sporting event injects energy into the local community and helps fostering economic ties with Okinawa.
Held in conjunction with the tournament, the Orchid Bounty Foundation collects donations that go to groups promoting arts, culture, education, and sports in Okinawa.
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The Orchid Bounty Foundation supports arts, culture, sports, and education in Okinawa |
Daikin Industries Foundation to Promote Modern Art
In 1995, the 70th anniversary of Daikin, we established the Daikin Industries Foundation to Promote Modern Art.
This foundation fosters culture and the arts and contributes to the enrichment of Osaka, the hometown of Daikin. It also provides financial support for exhibitions and lectures at the National Museum of Art in Osaka.
Combining art and music at a museum concert
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The National Museum of Art (Osaka)
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Customized Children's Environmental Seminars
Since fiscal 2005, Daikin (China) Investment has been holding children's environmental seminars that are custom made by employees. During the seminars, children learn the importance of protecting the environment and the eco-friendly activities they can practice every day at home.
As of fiscal 2007, Daikin bases have held 19 seminars in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou for a total of 1,430 children.
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Seminar for elementary children
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Lectures and Concerts Bring China and Japan Closer
Daikin supports art and cultural exchanges between China and Japan with the aim of contributing to economic growth and peace within society.
In fiscal 2007, we sponsored a lecture by renowned Japanese fashion designer Koshino Hiroko in Shanghai that was attended by about 150 Daikin customers and local designers. We also sponsored a concert by the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra for more than 1,000 guests.
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Daikin Four Seasons Concert sponsored by Daikin (China) Investment |
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Daikin Part of the Community in its Support of Youngsters
Daikin Europe N.V., our main production and sales base in Europe, does all it can to get closer to local communities. In fiscal 2006, employees planned and held a Bon dance festival. In fiscal 2007, the company was a sponsor of local activities for youngsters and a barbecue.
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Employees planned and ran this Bon dance festival from start to finish. |
Daikin Contribution to Nobel Peace Prize
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) joined former U.S. Vice President Al Gore in receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
The IPCC experts who gather from around the world recently submitted their final report to the United Nations. Taking part in this report were two Daikin employees, who helped create guidelines for making a refrigerant that curbs global warming and protects the ozone layer. One Daikin employee also took part in the creation of IPCC guidelines for calculating each country's greenhouse gas emissions. They contributed to this Nobel Peace Prize through their accumulated expertise, and for this, they received a letter of thanks from the IPCC.
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Letter of thanks from the IPCC to Daikin |
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