| Material Issues | Focus Areas | Initiatives | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environment | Conducting environmentally friendly business operations | ･ Building a recycling-oriented society ･ Reducing waste |
･ Preventing marine pollution ･ Cutting material waste and boosting product yield ･ Streamlining office operations (reducing resource consumption) ･ Increasing green purchasing ratio |
| Managing supply chains in view of climate change | ･ Sustainable procurement of raw materials ･ Improving procurement and supply stability ･ Strengthening resilience in logistics |
･ Supply chain management (SCM) strategies for natural disasters ･ Overhauling order, inventory, warehousing, and shipping functions |
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| Society | Making products people find useful in their lives | ･ Developing high-value-added products ･ Improving reliability through stable quality ･ Developing safe, secure, and useful products |
･ Creating safe, secure, and useful products to help improve people’s lives ･ Quality management |
| Strengthening social and human capital initiatives | ･ Engaging in and contributing to local communities ･ Human resources strategy for a competitive edge ･Placing a diverse range of people in positions that are a good fit for them in order to cultivate an environment where everyone can thrive |
･ Building stronger ties with communities and organizations ･ Acquiring self-motivated workers and providing skills development training ･ Promoting diversity and accommodating different work styles to enhance employee engagement |
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| Governance | Maximizing added value through increased productivity | ･ Establishing a management system that enables us to respond to changes in the business environment quickly and appropriately ･ Focus on growth investing to improve capital efficiency |
･ Adopt a holding company framework to transform functions and operations as well as optimize the group structure ･ Restructuring business portfolio |
| Strengthening business foundation | ･ Strengthening governance ･ Boosting public trust and reputation through ESG disclosure |
･ Internal control/risk management/compliance ･ Corporate management aimed at securing overall stakeholder satisfaction |
