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90th anniversary

Sustainability Management

Sustainability Charter

We contribute to develop a sustainable society, thereby improving our corporate value.

  • We build relations of trust with our stakeholders while making highly transparent decisions and actions.
  • We cocreate and provide new value to solving social issues.

Our corporate philosophy includes slogans like "proposing new value" and "contributing" to people around the world and shows our desire to contribute to society. This leads to sustainability, through our contributions to solving social issues through our business. Based on this belief, we believe that our mission and reason for existence is to create products and services that contribute to solving various social issues.
We established the Sustainability Charter to express this concept in writing and demonstrate it widely both inside and outside our Group, while also establishing the Corporate Code of Conduct and the Sustainability Basic Policy (12 in total) to promote initiatives in each area concerning sustainability.
The Corporate Philosophy, Sustainability Charter, Corporate Code of Conduct, and Sustainability Basic Policy have been approved by the Board of Directors and take precedence in all processes in all businesses of the Niterra Group, including research and development, design, production, procurement of materials, logistics, selection of business partners, and joint ventures and acquisitions.
To promote the realization of a sustainable society, we have established a promotion system and are advancing various initiatives, having expressed our support for international norms, goals, and guidelines such as the UN Global Compact, ISO26000, SDGs, and TCFD, based on our commitment to contribute to solving social issues through our business activities, we have also identified " Key Management Priorities" to drive our efforts forward.

A diagram illustrating the corporate philosophy system, consisting of the corporate philosophy, sustainability charter, corporate code of conduct, and sustainability basic policy, along with the basic stance (pursuit of quality products, participation of all employees) and shared values (independence and self-reliance, utmost sincerity and honesty, brotherhood and brotherhood, and perseverance).

Sustainability Promotion System

Our Group has established the following governance and promotion structure to ensure the effectiveness of sustainability management and to oversee the improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term.
The "Sustainability Committee," established as an advisory body to the Board of Directors, is chaired by an Outside Director and includes outside experts as members, thereby adopting an oversight structure that emphasizes external perspectives. This committee deliberates on matters regarding long-term sustainability management policies and reports its findings to the Board of Directors. Furthermore, the committee aims to improve the quality of sustainability management by conducting discussions based on a long-term perspective, such as inviting additional external experts as necessary.
As for the business execution and promotion structure, six specialized committees have been established on the executive side to develop specific activities in each field of ESG. Important decisions made by each specialized committee are reported to the Board of Directors through the Management Committee. Through this reporting line, critical information such as "Climate Change Response" and "Risk Management" is also shared and reported to the Board of Directors in a timely and appropriate manner. In addition, regarding human rights, which is a highly important theme, a "Human Rights Subcommittee" has been established within the Compliance Committee to verify the effectiveness of human rights due diligence.

Activity results for fiscal year 2025

The CSR and Sustainability Committee (currently the Sustainability Committee) met nine times in fiscal year 2025, discussing the role of the committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors, Key Management Priorities to be prioritized, and deliberating on revisions to the CSR Basic Policy

Activity Report of the CSR and Sustainability Committee for Fiscal Year 2025

Event period Main topics
1st
April 2025
  • Confirmation of concerns raised in human rights due diligence (supplier survey)
  • Progress of the FY2024 Key Management Priorities
2nd
April 2025
  • Monitoring results of specialized committees for FY2024
3rd
July 2025
  • Sustainability at Niterra
  • Committee activities in the new Mid-Term Management Plan
4th
July 2025
  • Committee activities in the new Mid-Term Management Plan
5th
August 2025
  • Committee activities in the new Mid-Term Management Plan
  • Major initiatives addressed in Key Management Priorities and their monitoring
6th
September 2025
  • Committee activities in the new Mid-Term Management Plan
  • The role of this committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors
7th
October 2025
  • Major initiatives addressed in Key Management Priorities and their monitoring
  • Lecture by an external expert
8th
December 2025
  • Progress on monitoring themes for Key Management Priorities (CO₂ reduction, productivity improvement) 
  • Lecture by an external expert
9th
February 2026
  • Annual revision of the CSR Basic Policy

Sustainability Promotion Activities

Dissemination activities targeting executives

To demonstrate our commitment to contributing to the realization of a sustainable society, we distribute SDGs badges to our executives and use them to raise awareness externally and among our employees.

Employee awareness campaign

To ensure that each employee is aware of the connection between their work and society, and can take actions that contribute to solving social issues through their work, we conduct hierarchical training, video education for all employees, and provide continuous information through email newsletters.
In addition, we hold two types of open talks, which are voluntary events: one for all group companies and another for individual departments.
The open talk for all group companies is a forum where members from across companies and departments can exchange opinions on sustainability.
Open talks for each department provide a forum for deepening understanding and discussing sustainability topics that are more relevant to their own work.

Scenes from sustainability training for new employees
Sustainability training for new employees
Scenes from the "Sustainability Themed Learning Series" for all employees.
Sustainability Themed Learning Series for All Employees
The pages of the email newsletter "Sustaina Tsushin"
Email newsletter "Sustainability Magazine" (Left: Japanese version, Right: English version)

Sustainability Progress

November 1996
  • Adopted "Corporate Philosophy"
February 1998
  • Adopted "Corporate Code of Conduct"
October 2010
  • Established CSR Committee
April 2011
  • Adopted “CSR Policy“
May 2013
  • Published "CSR Procurement Guidelines"
November 2016
  • Participated in "United Nations global compact"
August 2017
  • Published “Integrated Report”
July 2019
  • Published "Sustainability Data Book"
April 2020
  • Adopted “CSR and Sustainability Charter“
  • Renamed "CSR Policy" to "CSR Basic Policy"
  • Renamed the "CSR Committee" to the "CSR and Sustainability Committee"
June 2021
  • Published “CSR and Sustainability Procurement Guidelines”
April 2024
  • Inauguration of "Human Rights Subcommittee“
June 2026
  • Renamed "CSR and Sustainability Charter" to "Sustainability Charter"
  • Renamed "CSR Basic Policy" to "Sustainability Basic Policy"
  • Renamed the "CSR and Sustainability Committee" to the "Sustainability Committee".
September 2026
  • Renamed the "CSR and Sustainability Procurement Guidelines" to the "Sustainability Procurement Guidelines"