Sustainability Basic Policy
With the aim of achieving the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, the Group will support the worldʼs most advanced technologies on a global scale with its unique and superior products, and strive for sustainable development as an innovative, development-driven company. At the same time, the Group will earnestly address environmental and human rights issues in order to contribute to a sustainable society with ESG (environmental, social and governance) in mind.
We will build a safe and rewarding work environment, promote the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) in harmony with nature, reduce the emission of environmentally hazardous substances, promote the reduction of industrial waste and the effective use of resources, increase our corporate value through activities aimed at solving social issues, and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society.
Sustainability Promotion System
The Group has placed sustainability at the core of its management policy, and has established the Sustainability Promotion Committee, chaired by the President, to promote sustainability. We will work on individual sustainability issues in cooperation with the Compliance and Risk Management Committee and the Responsible Care (RC) Promotion Council, also chaired by the President.
In our ongoing Responsible Care (RC) activities, we establish short to medium-term policies for various issues concerning environmental conservation (including climate change measures), occupational safety, product safety, and logistics safety, and manage these initiatives through the RC Promotion Council. We established the Global Environment Sectional Meeting under the Sustainability Promotion Committee to address important issues such as the response to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and other specific initiatives are made by each sectional meeting directly under the committee to address other issues of each committee. In the committees in charge, the initiatives of each sectional meeting are regularly reported, including an outline of goals, plans and progress, reviewed in response to changes in the external and internal environments, and revised with additions or deletions as necessary.
The contents of deliberations and decisions made by each committee are regularly reported (targeting at least twice a year) to the Board of Directors, and the approved contents are reflected in the Medium-Term Management Plan and annual plan.
