Nissan as a Community Member
As a responsible corporate citizen, Nissan and its affiliates have been active members in the various local communities they belong to, contributing greatly to their development.
Foundation Support Activities (U.S., Australia, Brazil and Canada)
Nissan also conducts its own initiatives by business operation sites and affiliates in each country to meet the local needs. The Nissan Foundation, established in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, and other countries, has been conducting social contribution activities in various forms to help energize communities and resolve issues.
In the United States, we support many communities through the Nissan Foundation, which funds educational programs encouraging people to value the cultural diversity that exists within American society. Established in 1992, the Nissan Foundation has contributed over $16 million to more than 150 nonprofit organizations across the country as of the end of March 2024. In fiscal 2023 the foundation donated $1.2 million to 39 U.S. organizations, supporting programs such as the Children's Museum of Manhattan, Native American Indian Association of Tennessee, and Two Mississippi Museums.
Nissan Motor Australia (NMA) supports philanthropic activities through the Nissan Australia Foundation. Since fiscal 2017 it has supported small and medium-sized Australian charitable organizations, helping to expand or continue their activities.
Nissan Canada (NCI) supports for education through the Nissan Canada Foundation. Since 2008, Nissan Foundation supports for the students in Georgian College who need financial support. Georgian College has a specialized automotive program and NCI has many interns and employees who graduate from there.
Educational Support from the Nissan Global Foundation (Japan)
The Nissan Global Foundation pursues the vision of realizing a prosperous future society through human resource development by conducting various training programs. The foundation supports science education of the elementary and middle schools and science research meetings which seek to foster logical and scientific thinking skills among schoolchildren and to enhance teachers' teaching skills.
Additionally, aiming to nurture girls who will lead the field of science and technology, the foundation established the “Nissan Global Foundation Rikajo Prize” for elementary and middle schools in Japan.
Furthermore, from fiscal 2019, it started a program to develop the talent of the future and launched a project to create a class designed for future leaders based on joint research with Waseda University. In "Future Leaders Classroom advanced course" for the first time, which evolved from the introduction one held in August 2023, 16 junior high school and high school students participated. They had direct conversations with instructors and engaged in workshops on four themes: "Leadership" "Technology & Innovation" "Artistic Thinking", and "Science Fiction Thinking". They reflected on themselves as future leaders.
To Nissan Global Foundation official website (JAPANESE ONLY)
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.
日産（中国）投資有限公司（NCIC）では、環境をテーマにした従業員写真コンテストの開催、南米ではディーラーと連携した従業員参加型のバーチャルとリアルでのイベントを企画しました。
カナダ日産自動車会社 (NCI)は、2019年よりWWFカナダの公式パートナーとして、CN Tower Climbといった、環境に関する募金を呼び掛けるイベントに参加しています。今年はカナダ国民に環境保全のために測定可能で意味のある行動を呼びかけるLearn Plant Connectを中心に支援を行い、生物多様性の喪失や気候変動の危機を解決するための活動に貢献しています。
Plant Tours (Japan)
Our plants strive to become a place that are loved and trusted by the local community, and value engagement with people in the community. Nissan welcome visitors to join factory tours throughout the year. In July 2020, we started an online plant tour using a video conferencing system in order to somehow convey monozukuri experience to children. Online plant tour enables us to show the areas through cameras, which were not open to the public during regular plant tours, and invite elementary school children living in distant areas.
To Nissan Monozukuri (JAPANESE ONLY)
Yokohama F. Marinos Hometown activity (Japan)
The Yokohama F. Marinos is aiming to make its hometown more vibrant through the power of sports, providing opportunities for all people in local communities to enjoy sports from the bottom of their hearts.
In its hometown (Yokohama City, Yokosuka City, and Yamato City in Kanagawa Prefecture), the team carries out activities such as the “Soccer & Dietary Education Caravan” that convey the joy of physical activity and food education, and classes on traffic safety. In addition, the team established “Yokohama F. Marinos Futuro”, a soccer team for a disabled people and have engaged in activities supporting the affected area of natural disasters.
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford (U.K.)
Founded at the University of Oxford in 1981, the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies is a well-known European center for research on modern Japan that contributes to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and Europe.
Open innovation program: Inova-san (Brazil)
In 2019, Nissan do Brasil Automóveis (NBA) launched the program Inova-san aimed at university students in the southern region of Rio de Janeiro. The Inova-san is an entrepreneurial education and open innovation program to solve real problems and to promote social impact on the local community. In 2023, more than 450 students from 16 universities and technical schools participated in projects under three themes: Urban Mobility and Smart Cities, Industry 4.0, and Circular Economy and Sustainable Future.