Promoting ESG Management through the Sustainability Management Office
First written in FY2023. 3 of 5 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 2 of 12 companies on the "Worse" side.
13 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「The Sustainability Management Office is composed mainly of the heads of each business division and site, the Corporate Planning Office, the administrative division, the facilities division, the technology development division and the sales division. The Central Energy Conservation and Environmental Management Committee and the Risk Management Committee, which had previously been established, were abolished in March 2026, and their functions were incorporated into the Sustainability Management Office thereafter.」
The Sustainability Management Office, which reports directly to the president, incorporated the heads of each division and site and integrated the environmental and risk management functions. - 2026-06-01AdvancedGeneral Meeting of Shareholders
「社長直轄の先進技術戦略室で、技術開発体制の強化を図っています。」
先進技術戦略室を軸とした技術開発体制の強化を継続し、新事業開拓部の新設にも言及している。 - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The office reports to, makes recommendations to and submits proposals to the Management Meeting once every six months regarding the relevant status. Following approval by the Management Meeting, it reports to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors monitors matters under consideration by the Sustainability Management Office.」
Following the change to direct oversight by the president, the company specified the Sustainability Management Office's processes for evaluating climate-related risks and opportunities, managing progress toward targets, reporting to the Management Meeting every six months, and Board of Directors monitoring. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「From April 2024, the Sustainability Management Office will report directly to the president as the company works to further advance its initiatives.」
The Sustainability Management Office, established in April 2023, changed from reporting to its existing organizational structure to reporting directly to the president from April 2024, strengthening the implementation structure. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「In April 2023, the company established the Sustainability Management Office to further advance the initiatives addressed by the SDGs Promotion Committee since February 2021, and will work toward centralized management of information.」
The company described for the first time a structure in which the Sustainability Management Office oversees non-financial management strategy matters and serves as a bridge between the Board of Directors and the executive organization.