Initiatives

The United Nations Global Compact is an initiative proposed by then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1999 and formally established at the UN Headquarters in July 2000 to address various global issues such as global warming, environmental problems, and social inequality. It is a set of voluntary action principles for businesses.
Our company signed the United Nations Global Compact in November 2016. We support the ten principles in the four areas of the UN Global Compact—"human rights," "labor," "environment," and "anti-corruption"—and will promote various activities as a "good member of society."

The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) are 17 goals and 169 targets adopted at the UN Summit in 2015 to achieve a sustainable world by 2030. They aim to solve common global problems and challenges such as poverty, inequality, and climate change, and to "leave no one behind on Earth."

The Women's Empowerment Program (WEPs) are principles for companies to proactively engage in promoting women's advancement. They provide a comprehensive framework for companies to promote gender equality and women's empowerment in the workplace, market, and community, leading to positive outcomes for society and business. The WEPs were developed and established in 2010 through collaboration between the UN Global Compact and UN Women, and through international consultations involving diverse stakeholders.
Our company signed these principles in October 2020, expressing our strong commitment to creating a work and social environment in which women can fully utilize their social potential.

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is a task force established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international organization comprised of central banks and financial regulators from major countries, and it provides a framework for climate change information disclosure. In June 2017, it published a report recommending disclosure of information on climate change-related risks and opportunities, and governments, financial institutions, and companies around the world have endorsed the TCFD's recommendations.
Our company endorsed the TCFD recommendations in July 2020. Based on the TCFD recommendations, which call for the disclosure of climate-related information that has a financial impact, we will analyze the risks and opportunities that climate change presents to our business and promote proactive information disclosure.

• Information Disclosure Based on TCFD Recommendations

The TNFD Forum is an international organization that supports discussions within the TNFD by providing expert knowledge and other relevant stakeholders.
Our company joined the TNFD Forum in November 2023 with the aim of further advancing our biodiversity conservation activities. We will examine the impact our group's business activities have on nature and the risks associated with natural loss, strive to disclose this information appropriately, and work with stakeholders to address natural capital and biodiversity throughout our entire value chain.

• TNFD Forum

SBTi is an international organization comprised of CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, WRI (World Resources Institute), and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), which defines and promotes best practices for evidence-based goal setting and independently evaluates corporate goals.
In June 2022, our group's greenhouse gas reduction targets were recognized by the SBTi as being in line with the Paris Agreement's goal of "keeping the temperature well below 2°C."

The "GX Future Consortium" (GX: Green Transformation) is a public-private partnership platform with the GX Promotion Organization as its secretariat. Its aim is to strongly drive the implementation of GX throughout society and contribute to the realization of a virtuous cycle of decarbonization and economic growth.
Our company has been participating in the "GX League," the predecessor of this consortium, since 2023.