Noritz Corporation’s Valuable 500 Commitment:
– Promoting employment and empowerment of people with disabilities
We strive to constantly keep the percentage of employees with disabilities above the legally required level and empower people with disabilities.
S-Hearts’ CORPORATION and two other Noritz Group companies work together to build the Corporate Welfare Framework for People with Disabilities, a three-company initiative to support welfare of people with disabilities through corporate activities and enable individuals with disabilities to live successful and fulfilling lives.
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In 2006, we founded our special subsidiary S-Hearts’ CORPORATION with the aim of helping people with disabilities to live independently. We strive to further develop career fields where people with disabilities can continue working for a long time while making the most of their unique traits and abilities.
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Founded in 2014, Re-Hearts’ CORPORATION outsources disassembly work of its water heater recycling business to welfare centers for people with disabilities. The company collects replaced water heaters that are no longer needed from our partner water heater dealers and outsources the disassembly and separation work to welfare centers, thereby creating jobs for many people with disabilities.
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Furthermore, in 2016, we founded Type-A Work Continuance Support Service SMILE- HEARTS CORPORATION Utilizing the special subsidiary’s corporate know-how, Smile Hearts offers job training opportunities in a work environment equivalent to those of general companies to equip people with disabilities with strengths and facilitate their success.
Each Noritz Group company is committed to promoting the employment and success of people with disabilities. All the employees of the Noritz Group endeavor to achieve normalization and facilitate cooperation and coexistence by fostering an environment where people with disabilities can work proudly.
– Products and services that are accommodating to customers with disabilities
We are committed to developing products that help customers with disabilities live safe, comfortable and worry-free lives.
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Today’s industry standard, Noritz launched water heater remote controllers with audio description in 1997 for the first time in the industry to ensure the safety of visually impaired customers by informing them of the bath water temperatures, etc. with a human voice.
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In 2019, we launched a water heater that is compatible with smart speakers, whereby allowing users to control the devices by voice commands.
The Noritz Group will continuously engage in the initiatives above to live up to our original founding faith “bathing makes us happy” and the group mission “the simple comforts of life,” aim to develop an inclusive work environment where all employees can continue to work healthily and deliver joy to all customers’ lives.
