Promotion Structure
Promotion Structure
The Company has established the Sustainability Committee, on advisory body to the President and Representative Director, as a platform for enhancing the effectiveness of sustainability transformation in terms of management supervision and business execution.
The Sustainability Committee is chaired by the Sustainability Promotion Administrator (Managing Executive Officer) appointed by the President and Representative Director. With the Participation of the President, Director Management Executive Officers and Executive Officers, the Committee discusses and determines policies, materiality, strategies, risk management, etc. related to sustainability issues based on proposals and reports from the Secretariat. Additionally, the Climate Change Working Group established under the Committee promotes cross-functional activities and initiatives for each sustainability theme, such as climate change and human capitals.
The Sustainability Promotion Administrator reports the results of the activities of the Sustainability Committee and the Working Group to the President and Representative Director, and also reports on deliberation items. Furthermore, activities of the Sustainability Committee are reported to the Board of Directors through the President and Representative Director, and the Board of Directors supervises the initiatives.
Strategy
The Company’s adopted strategy is to address issues that surround sustainability by emphasizing the impact that environmental and social issues have on our corporate value and clarifying their order of priority. Through discussions by the Sustainability Committee and the Board of Directors, as indicated on the next page, we have identified five materiality that the Company should address. For the materiality we have identified, the relevant main department in charge leads the expansion of that materiality into a roadmap for mid- to long-to-term initiatives while simultaneously promoting associated activities.
| Materiaity | Themes of Mid- to Long-Term Initiatives | Specific Content of Initiatives | |
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| Business | Furthering Digital Solutions “To Empower Creativity and Excitement Worldwide” | We will promote the planning and development of game-changing digital solutions in order to do our part for the creation of a more affluent society. |
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| Exploring Digital Solutions that Mitigate the Workload on Medical Support Workers | We will mitigate the workload on medical support workers by exploring digital solutions. |
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| Environment | Development of an Environmental Management Foundation to Limit Our Environmental Impact and Accommodate a Circular Economy | Alongside promoting reductions in GHG emissions throughout our value chain, we will develop a foundation for environmental management that takes the accommodation of a circular economy into consideration |
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| Society | Promotion of Human Capital Management through which We Can Link the Activities of Diverse Individuals to Innovation | In addition to promoting the reinforcement of human capital on a global basis, we will promote management that is mindful of diversity and human rights. |
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| Governance | Reinfocement of a Governance Structure that Helps Improve Corporate Value and Underpins Sustainability Management | To improve our mid- to long-term corporate value, we will erect mechanisms to conduct transparent, impartial, quick, and decisive decision-making based on position of our shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders. |
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Risk management
The Company promotes risk management under the leadership of the President and Representative Director, who has ultimate responsibility for risk management, with the Managing Executive Officer, who serves as the Risk Management Administrator, spearheading those efforts and the persons in charge at each department and BU serving as risk owners. The Risk Management Secretariat summarizes the status of the management activities related to all risks, including strategic risks, reports to the Risk Management Administrator, and promotes on-side guidance and awareness-raising activities. The Risk Management Administrator regularly reports and makes proposals to the Board of Directors and the President regarding the status of risk management.
Regarding risk related to sustainability issues, the Sustainability Committee Secretariat analyzes and examines the impact on management and business, and the Sustainability Committee and the Boards of Directors discuss and decide on materiality and the policy to deal with it. These results are disseminated to related departments and BUs and managed udert their respective risks management activities. The Risk Management Secretariat comprehensively manages and monitors these efforts across divisions.
Sustainability metrics and targets
For the materiality we have identified, the relevant main department in charge leads the expansion of that materiality into a roadmap for mid- to long-term initiatives while simultaneously promoting associated activities. For progress in each activity, we will put a structure in place to receive control and supervision by the Sustainability Committee as well as the Board of Directors based on KPIs.
