“Sustainable Value 2023” Material Issues and Goals Identified for Social Value Enhancement
Issues and goals have been identified based on the results of the previous CSR medium-term plan and predictions about future global trends and societal changes.
E（Environment）
Reduce environmental impact through business
| Material Issues | Goals for FY2024 |
| Reduce CO2 emissions from business activities | Reduce CO2 emissions by 10% (compared with FY2019), and by 30% by the end of FY2030 as SBT* (Scope 1, 2) |
| Reduce CO2 emissions due to products |
Reduce CO2 emissions from use of sold products by 8% (compared with FY2019), and by 20% by the end of FY2030 as SBT* (Scope 3) |
| Reduce waste (promote recycling) | Reduce waste by 5% in intensity per unit weight of product shipments (compared with FY2019) |
| Effective use of water resources | Reduce water withdrawal(for tap water, industrial use,etc.)by 5% in intensity per product shipments (compared with FY2019) |
| Preserve biodiversity | Continue and expand forest and biodiversity preservation efforts |
S（Social）
Create a great place to work and involve in solving social issues
| Material Issues | Goals for FY2024 |
| Hire and develop diverse human resources | Expand internships, year-round hiring, and measures (training and environmental) that facilitate development of diverse human resources |
| Systems and measures that provide a tangible sense of growth | Revise personnel system to facilitate human resource development |
| Sustainable new work styles | Carry out operational reform and innovation, as well as develop systems and environments that foster work styles resilient to environmental change |
| Health and well-being initiatives | Reduce rate of sick leave days (0.68% or less) |
| Eliminate occupational accidents | Achieve zero occupational accidents causing four or more working days to be lost |
| Be a scandal-free company | Prevent corruption, eliminate compliance violations, and achieve zero IT-related accidents / incidents |
| Industry-academia-government collaborations to address challenges facing society | Promote collaboration with the government, educational institutions, and others in pursuing various joint operations |
| Activities that nurture the next generation | Undertake more robust efforts to support the development of children and students |
G（Governance）
Strengthen risk management and business continuity plan
| Material Issues | Goals for FY2024 |
| Group risk management | Identify risks to corporate value and minimize their impact |
| CSR initiatives in the Supply Chain | Pursue ongoing strengthening of the supply chain structure, including widespread adoption of the code of conduct, procurement practices, and BCP |
| Resilience to increasingly more severe natural disasters | Improve the resilience of the Group BCP structure in the face of increasingly diverse disaster risks |
*SBT (Science Based Targets): An international initiative to combat global warming, which calls for the establishment of scientifically based CO2 emission reduction targets