The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

The UN Global Compact was proposed by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 1999 to address a variety of issues such as global warming, environmental problems, and social inequality that have been ongoing on a global scale. It is an initiative formally launched at UN headquarters in July 2000 and is a voluntary corporate principle of action.
We participated in the United Nations Global Compact in November 2016.
We support the 10 principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the four fields of "human rights," "labor," "environment," and "anti-corruption," and promote various activities as a "good member of society."

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets for achieving a sustainable society by 2030, adopted at the United Nations Summit in 2015. They aim to solve global problems and challenges such as poverty, inequality and climate change, and to "leave no one behind".
As a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, we are committed to doing what we can to contribute towards the achievement of the SDGs.

Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs)

WEPs are principles for businesses to work voluntarily on promoting the advancement of women. They provide a holistic framework for companies to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in the workplace, marketplace and community and drive positive outcomes for society and business. The UN Global Compact and UN Women collaborated to develop and established WEPs in 2010 through multi-stakeholder international consultations.
We signed this Code of Conduct in October 2020 and expressed our strong intention to create a working and social environment in which women can exert their strengths socially.

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

The TCFD is a task force established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), an international organization of central banks and financial regulators from major countries, to provide a framework for disclosing information on climate change. In June 2017, the TCFD released a report recommending disclosure of information about risks and opportunities related to climate change. Governments, financial institutions, and companies around the world have endorsed the TCFD's recommendations.
We have announced its endorsement of the recommendations of TCFD in July 2020. Based on the TCFD recommendations, we will assess and proactively disclose the financial impacts of climate-related risks and opportunities.

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures（TNFD）Forum

The TNFD Forum is an international organization that supports discussions on the establishment of the TNFD Framework as a stakeholder providing expertise and other resources.
In October 2023, we participated in the Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum, which aims to promote activities related to biodiversity conservation.
We will examine the impact of our business activities on nature and the risks associated with the loss of nature, strive to disclose appropriate information, and work with stakeholders to promote initiatives for natural capital and biodiversity throughout the value chain.

CDP

CDP is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) launched in 2000 to collect, analyze, and evaluate information on the environmental activities of the world's leading companies and share these results with institutional investors. We answered questions on climate change and water security.

Science Based Targets initiative（SBTi）

The SBTi is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The SBTi defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting and independently assesses companies’ targets.
In June 2022, our group's greenhouse gas reduction targets were approved by SBTi as meeting the level "well-below 2°C" of the Paris Agreement.

JAPAN CLIMATE INITIATIVE (JCI)

The JCI is a network of various non-state actors such as companies, local governments, organizations and NGOs actively engaged in climate action.
We participated in April 2021 with the aim of realizing a decarbonized society.

GX League

The GX League (GX: green transformation) is a forum for cooperation between a group of companies and the government, universities, and academic institutions in order to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets and increase industrial competitiveness by using Japan’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 as an opportunity for economic growth.
We endorsed the "GX League Basic Concept" in 2022 and participated in the "GX League" in 2023.

Eco-First Company

The Eco-First Promotion Council was established to ensure that 'Eco-First Companies' put into practice the 'Eco-First Commitment', which they individually declare to the Minister of the Environment, and to promote the further enhancement and strengthening of their advanced and unique environmental protection activities in cooperation with other companies.
In April 2024, we were certified as an ‘Eco-First Company’ by the Ministry of the Environment for its 'innovative, original, and/or having a spill over effect' in the environmental field. And in the same month, we joined the Eco-First Promotion Council.
We will continue to promote environmental protection activities by working with our Group on our ‘Eco-First Commitment’ and in cooperation with the Council.