One important theme of Recruit's sustainability activities is to realize “a brighter world where all individuals can live life to the fullest” and where diverse values are respected. For example, in the "Para Ring" project, which aims to promote understanding of people with disabilities, the company promotes the following initiatives to realize a society where people can make the most of their individuality regardless of their disabilities: producing and providing VR videos that simulate the experience of para-sports, producing and providing educational materials for schools to help students understand people with disabilities, and supporting athletes.
CSI Companies has a mission to "identify and support local organizations which provide support to people in need, and bring smiles to our community." The company's diverse programs include supporting non-profit organizations in Jacksonville, Florida, where the company is headquartered, providing educational support, and planning day trips and other activities for children facing various challenges.
BUG is an art center run by Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd., and opened its doors in September 2023. Drawing on its experience of previously having been operating two public galleries in Ginza, Tokyo for more than 30 years, BUG organizes exhibitions and events, and helps artists and art workers access more spaces and opportunities to express themselves, as well as to promote a safe and stable working environment for them.
BUG's three activity directives are; 1) promoting enhanced consideration towards the needs to adopt the changes driven by life-stage shifting of artists and art workers, 2) ensuring appropriate partnership practices such as fair compensations, and 3) supporting the career development of art workers. For instance, BUG provides childcare or nursing care support during the art events, sets appropriate standards for compensations, and supports their career development through the hosting art competitions and awards.
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Photo by Yoshitomo Kumagai
Recruit has established a matching gift program in order to support social contribution activities carried out voluntarily by members of our Board of Directors and our employees. In this system, whenever an executive or employee makes a donation, Recruit Group donates the same amount to the recipient organization.
Most junior high school students in Japan take part in "work experience" activities as part of their career education. To provide support so these students can look forward to "work as something exciting" and obtain a deeper appreciation of what work actually involves, since 2007 we have conducted TOWNWORK TRY!WORK, our career education support program. We provide a free online program for teachers to use in their classes before and after their workplace experience activity, which is conducted as part of their general study course. Students use Recruit's job-posting media TOWNWORK as an educational resource to learn how to interview working people before their workplace experience and prepare reports focusing on their feelings toward work after their workplace experience. The summary of the interview is distributed as "Recruit's TOWNWORK magazine, Version Edited by Junior High School students" to their parents and the local community.