Policy on Contributing to Education
The Daikin Group, through its local companies, supports education for youth. By donating financial aid, offering technical courses, and conducting grass-roots activities, we seek to cooperate with and gain the trust of local communities.
Efforts in Japan
Participation in Local Education Programs
From fiscal 2010, the Daikin Industries Kashima plant has been conducting educational presentations at local elementary schools. By demonstrating chemical experiments using fluorine for senior students, the instructors help the children to appreciate the enjoyment of chemistry and how technological advances benefit their daily lives.
Other Daikin production bases around Japan, meanwhile, invite elementary school students for factory tours, which are highly rated by both the school children and their teachers.
Environmental Education and Awareness Activities
Daikin Develops the "Circle of Life" Free Environmental Education Program on Biodiversity for Elementary School Children
Classroom lesson from Daikin employee
Daikin Industries, in cooperation with NGO Conservation International, our partner in reforestation activities in Indonesia, has developed an environmental education program called "Circle of Life," to teach elementary school children about biodiversity.
Circle of Life is a partner program to the Children's Eco-Club, an initiative of Japan's Ministry of the Environment. The basic program consists of four lessons given by a school teacher, but if the school desires, Daikin also sends one of its employees to provide additional education.
Starting in April 2010, elementary schools across Japan receive free learning materials for this program. By the end of March 2011, 34 schools had participated in the program, and we had sent educational speakers to 10 schools.
Other Educational Activities in Japan
| Site |
Activity |
Overview, results |
| Sakai Plant |
Support for the Sakai Rugby School
|
The Kanaoka Factory lends its field three times a month to the Sakai Rugby School.
In fiscal 2010, about 130 elementary and junior high school rugby players took part. |
Factory tours to educate local elementary school students about working society
|
In fiscal 2010, 364 students from three schools took tours. |
| Shiga Plant |
Factory tours to educate elementary schools in the city about local industry
|
In fiscal 2010, 156 students from one school took tours. |
| Daikin field opened to the public |
Daikin opened up its field to the public to use for baseball, pitch-and-putt golf, softball, and other activities. |
| Others |
Daikin invited children from day care centers to see the cherry blossoms in the plant's front garden.
The tennis courts and other facilities were opened to the public. |
| Yodogawa Plant |
Kendo Training Hall for Children |
Classes were held three times a week, with 10 students each time.
For details, see Kendo Training Hall for Children |
Factory tours for local elementary schools
|
In fiscal 2010, 148 students from two schools took tours. |
| Yodogawa Plant field opened to the public (Contract with governments of Osaka Prefecture and Settsu City) |
On weekends, the field was opened for the general public to use.
The new field was open for use by the sports clubs of Osaka Prefectural Settsu High School. |
| Kashima Plant |
Daikin employees give lessons at local elementary schools |
In the autumn of 2010, students in the upper grades did experiments on fluorochemicals. |
| Soka Station |
Activities plaza of the field opened to the public |
On weekends and holidays, children and teenagers used the field for sports, while the activities plaza was used for pitch-and-putt golf. |
| Tsukuba Training Center |
Support for junior high school field trips
|
Daikin gave lessons at schools focusing on how air conditioners cool the air and the effect that substances have on global warming.
In fiscal 2010, 25 students from one school took lessons. |
Efforts Overseas
Daikin Supports Air Conditioner Technical Training in Singapore
Daikin Air Conditioning (Singapore) Pte. and the Singapore government jointly developed a training program for the air conditioning industry and has been certified by the government as the training institute at which the program will be run.
Because Singapore previously had no government-certified, licensed programs for the air conditioning industry, Daikin Industries developed and implemented the framework and training program for such certification, in the process helping both the government and industry.
Co-sponsorship of Air Conditioning Technology Contest in China
Starting in fiscal 2010, Daikin (China) Investment Co., Ltd. now co-sponsors the "Daikin Air Conditioning Cup" Chinese Air Conditioning University Student Contest. The purpose of the contest is to foster the human resources who will carry the future of the air conditioning industry in China.
In fiscal 2010, over 700 students submitted essays and other works on the theme of CO2 reduction and eco-technology. The company's deputy managing director Akitada Kudo, acted as a judge in the competition finals, and technicians from the company's R&D center presented lectures on the latest energy-efficient environmental technology.
 |
| University students who participated |
Other Education Efforts Overseas
| Managed by |
Activity name |
Overview |
No. of participants |
Duration |
| Daikin Europe N.V. (DENV) |
Internship program |
DENV sponsored internships in human resources, sales, and IT-related divisions for graduate students in economics and engineering. |
27 per year (average) |
| Daikin Device Czech Republic, s.r.o. (DDC) |
Factory tours |
Under the 'My choice, my future' program supported by the European Social Fund, DDC gave factory tours for 45 students. |
45 |
Jan. 2011 - June 2012 |
| Overseas internship program |
Accepted two foreign students under an international internship program run by the NPO AIESEC. |
2 |
Sept. - Nov. 2011 |
| Daikin Industries (Thailand) Ltd. (DIT) |
Scholarships
|
DIT has a training program for its employees and students of technical high schools in northeast Thailand. |
16
(1 employee,
15 students) |
May 2008 - May 2010 |
Children's Day
|
Every year on Children's Day (second Saturday of January), DIT invites local children to an event at the company. |
2,570 |
Jan. 8, 2011 |
| Daikin Compressor Industries Ltd. (DCI) |
Long-term internship program |
In 2007, DCI signed an agreement with a technical high school for long-term internships in the northeast of the country, where job opportunities are few. The students took a 8-month course to help them become machine engineers. |
70 |
8 months |
| Daikin (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (DIC) |
4th Daikin Air Conditioning Cup student technical contest |
Cooperated in a contest for university students sponsored by the China Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry Association. |
More than 700 |
July 2010 |
| O.Y.L. Manufacturing Company Sdn. Bhd. (OYLM) |
Internship program |
Took in local students on internship program. |
35 in 2010, 7 in 2011 (as of April) |
3 - 5 months |
| McQuay International |
Internship program |
Offered a four-year technical internship program. |
2 |
Policy on Contributing to Education
