CSR Policy and Plan｜DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. CSR

CSR plan and the concept of goals

　Putting “Vision for 2020” in 4 priority areas, Cooperate Governance, Safety, Environment and Society as the mid-term goal, we have set up the action plan for realizing it as a single-year initiative and goal considering it as a focus measure to be taken to achieve the goal. For details about sector-wise actual results and initiatives in FY2016, please see the field report from the next page.

“Vision for 2020”

The "S + ESG" management based on the CSR policy has been established at each DOWA Group company and it has contributed to solving global social issues through minimizing management risk and improving corporate value.

Areas	CSR Policy	Mid-term Goal “Vision for 2020”	Focus Measures	Indicator	Goal for 2020	Activity Plan for FY2017
Areas	CSR Policy	Mid-term Goal “Vision for 2020”	Focus Measures	Indicator	Goal for 2020	Initiative	Goal
Corporate Governance	●We will aim to be an open and transparent company. ●We will endeavor in anti-corruption efforts including anti-bribery measures taking into consideration the international agreement. ●We will take CSR into consideration in our procurement.	●Healthy business management is promoted by ensuring sufficient functions, appropriate information disclosure and transparency in the internal control system	Strengthening of internal control and governance	No. of important deficiencies to be disclosed	0	Conducting briefing sessions for internal control	Briefing sessions to senior executives and representatives Number of participants: 140 or more
		●Business management which does not give rise to fraud and corruption of any kind is promoted, by individual employees carrying out appropriate activities based on the “DOWA Group’s Values and Standards of Conduct”	Strengthening of compliance and risk management	Implementation rate of internal education and briefings	100%	Supporting internal control activities of domestic and overseas companies	10 companies domestic and overseas
		●CSR is promoted throughout the supply chain by building partnerships with business connections	CSR procurement promotion	Supplier survey coverage rate *Excludes contractors	Transaction amount base 80％	Preparation of easy-to-answer questionnaire	Review of question items
			CSR procurement promotion	Supplier survey coverage rate *Excludes contractors	Transaction amount base 80％	Expansion of research scope	Development towards important suppliers in industries other than manufacturing
Safety	●All employees will take part spontaneously in safety activities to improve the level of health and safety in the workplace, based on our basic philosophy of “Safety is the top priority.” ●We are committed to preventing accidents at work and supporting health of our employees.	●The occupational safety risks of the workplace are managed and minimized appropriately, and a comfortable and safe working environment is realized	Raising the company-wide safety level	Frequency rate	0.1 or less	Enhancement of cross-sectoral efforts based on area	Frequency rate 0.9 or less
			Raising the company-wide safety level	Severity rate	0.01 or less	Enhancement of cross-sectoral efforts based on area	Severity rate 0.02 or less
			Strengthening of safety education in subsidiaries outside Japan	No. of times education is implemented	Total 20 times	Continuous implementation and follow-up confirmation through visit-to Japan education and on-site education.	Frequency: 7 times
				No. of persons educated	Total 200 persons		Frequency: 7 times
Environment	●We will provide customers with products and services that contribute to building a resource recycling society. ●We will reduce environmental burdens and risks in our business activities. ●The management and employees together take part in environmental conservation activities. ●We will promote business activities considering biodiversity.	●Responsible for the core of the international resources recycling network in Asia and the Pacific rim area	Strengthening of recycle business: Collection volume / Recycling volume / Increase in no. of elements etc.	Collection volume of materials for recycling	Increase from the preceding fiscal year	Strengthening of collection of materials for recycling outside Japan	Increase from the preceding fiscal year
		●Effective reduction of CO₂ emissions per unit has been achieved by various energy saving measures and active use of renewable energy	Improving the utilization rate of renewable energy Strengthening energy saving initiatives	Emission amount of CO₂ emissions per unit	15% reduction as compared to FY1990	Promotion of renewal of energy-saving equipment at large-scale disposal sites	Total greenhouse gas emission 1% reduction from the preceding fiscal year
		●The environmental risks of the workplace are managed properly, and environmental accident-generation risks are minimized	Minimization of environmental accidents risk and strengthening of response capabilities *Environmental accidents: Incidents whose impact is felt outside the company, and reported to the competent administration	No. of environmental accident occurrences	0	Hosting a seminar for environmental conservation for outside partners	3 times
		●Biodiversity conservation activities are promoted in collaboration with the upstream and downstream of the supply chain	Understanding of biodiversity risks of suppliers Status confirmation of biodiversity consideration in mines	Suppliers and mines survey rate	100%	Strengthening of disaster prevention measures against abnormal weather and natural disasters at mine drainage treatment facility	Formulation of countermeasure plan
Society	●We will aim to create a workplace where diversity and human rights of employees are respected, and each person can demonstrate maximum capacity with satisfaction and pride.	●While diverse human resources mutually respect each other, employees themselves select the diverse work styles commensurate with their respective life stages and styles, and the company and teams support each other	Promoting diversity	Employment rate of people with disabilities	2.0%	Expansion of a global human resources	_
				Attendance rate of education and promotion of participation by women	100%	Strengthening and training of employees hired overseas and locally	_
						Aggressive development of career and employment	20 persons
						Implementation of training for female employees and managers	Twice
			Promoting work-life balance	Annual paid leave acquisition rate	70%	Thorough knowledge within the company of the various systems	Updating and making publicity of handbooks to explain a system
						Encouragement of annual leave	Acquisition rate 60%
						Promotion of measures to reduce working hours	Group company working time management policy, standard formulation and execution
		●A culture of fair evaluation & treatment, and fostering is established, and employees experience growth, results and satisfaction. And, an organization in which employees compete with each other and support each other is created by the employees themselves	Training of both appraisers and persons being appraised Strengthening in-house education of human resources Voluntary career development support for employees	Employee satisfaction - Business planning system	90%	Implementing training of appraisers and persons being appraised	Participants 300 persons
				Employee satisfaction - Business planning system	90%	Conducting system surveys	Practitioner 1100 persons
				- Educational system and details	70%	New employee education (Until 3 years after joining the company)	Students 140 persons
	●We will promote social contributions, reflecting unique characteristics of each local community.	●Social contributions reflecting each local community are deployed in and outside Japan	Promoting social contribution	_	_	Development activities for children who will be responsible for next generation	3 times
			Promoting social contribution	_	_	Awareness activities aiming at community contribution	3 times