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NEC has received a letter of appreciation from the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan for the company’s donation of 1,579 miswritten pre-stamped (valid) postcards. These postcards were collected by NEC employees over the period of a year as part of the NEC Group’s community social contribution initiative (NEC Make-a-Difference Drive).
The postcards can be exchanged at the post office for stamps, which in turn can be redeemed for cash and used by the World Terakoya Movement to educate children in developing countries such as Nepal and Cambodia.

NEC has received a letter of appreciation from UNICEF Japan for the company's donation of foreign coins and bills collected by NEC employees over the period of a year (from April 2012 to March 2013) as part of the NEC Group’s community social contribution initiative (NEC Make-a-Difference Drive). NEC was able to donate a total of 33.8 kilograms of foreign coins and 317 bills. The awards ceremony was attended by two employees from NEC Friendly Staff, Ltd., (a Special Subsidiary Company of NEC), the company responsible for collecting, sorting, and packing the coins and bills.

Many activities carried out by UNICEF in developing countries are supported by donations such as these. The NEC Group will continue collecting and donating foreign coins and bills in the coming fiscal year.

On May 17, NEC Group employees participated in a dialog with members of four organizations who graduated from NEC Social Entrepreneurship Schools in 2012. The NEC Social Entrepreneurship Schools Initiative is a program established to teach students and young people how to launch and run non-profit organizations and other social contribution ventures.

More than 40 people participated in the dialog, which was held at NEC's head office in Tokyo. Participants talked about some of the issues and problems faced by the graduating organizations and considered potential solutions.

On April 12, 2013, NEC, in cooperation with Green Works, a nonprofit organization, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Park Association, an affiliated organization of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, carried out CSR training for new employees entering the company in fiscal 2013. The training was centered on social contribution and environmental preservation activities.
After studying NEC's approach to CSR, the new employees were divided into 17 teams and took an excursion to Shiba Park in Minato Ward where NEC's head office is located. Here they learned about the history of the area from a local storyteller and partook in cleanup and maintenance activities, including weeding and planting in the Biodiversity Garden in which NEC has been involved since 2011. It is hoped that through these activities, new employees will understand the importance of contributing to the local community and become motivated to set and reach their own goals for helping to solve the problems we are currently facing as a society.