Employee participation activities
Initiatives to Encourage Proactive Philanthropic Activities by Each Employee (Japan)
Nissan supports philanthropic activities of employees so that they have an interest in social issues and participate in philanthropic activities proactively. In 1996, Nissan introduced “Nissan Financial Support Program for Volunteer Activities”, in which Nissan financially supports employees for their social contribution activities (e.g. volunteer activities and donations). Moreover, R&D division has started “NICE WAVE activity” to encourage social contribution activities by engineers since 2008.
Partnership with Habitat for Humanity (North America)
Nissan North America (NNA) has been collaborating with the NGO Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) since 2005. Habitat, an international aid organization that fosters hope by helping people build or improve their homes, has a vision of “a world where everyone has a decent place to live”. The nonprofit works to construct homes, revitalize neighborhoods and support families’ self-reliance in more than 70 countries across the world.
Since the partnership began, NNA has logged more than 116,000 employee volunteer hours and contributed more than $22 million to help build homes across the U.S. NNA’s support also includes annual vehicle donation to affiliates across the U.S. and NNA‘s employee engagement at Habitat ReStore locations.
In 2024, NNA participated in 12 house build projects in Nissan operational communities throughout the United States. Over 500 employees donated 4,000 hours toward these construction efforts. Additionally, three vehicles, including Nissan Frontiers were donated to three Habitat for Humanity affiliates to support their home building efforts. Since the inception of the Nissan Canada Foundation's partnership with Habitat in Canada in 2008, Nissan Canada employees have made an impact through volunteering their time and contributing to over 100 home builds from Halifax to Vancouver. 82 Nissan Canada employees volunteered in 2024.
Employees also participate in a variety of other social contribution activities. In fiscal 2024, cumulative number of employees participating in social contribution activities in global was more than 66,000.
Other employee participation activities:
International Cooperation Through Walking: Sponsorship of Walk in Her Shoes (Japan)
Nissan Waku-Waku Eco School, Nissan Monozukuri Caravan and Nissan Design Waku-Waku Studio (Japan)