Risk of supply chain disruption caused by natural disasters and accidents
First written in FY2021. 1 of 2 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2024.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 34 of 132 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2024New infectious disease risk explicitly addedAnnual report
「Similarly, the spread of a new infectious disease or other outbreak could affect our performance. During the global COVID-19 pandemic, our Group continued flexible working arrangements, including company-wide teleworking, while considering new ways of working after the pandemic, ensuring employee safety and fulfilling its social responsibility to prevent the spread of infection.」
In addition to the risks of natural disasters and accidents, the impact on performance from the spread of new infectious diseases was explicitly identified, with measures such as teleworking described. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「If a major natural disaster such as a major earthquake or an unforeseen accident such as a fire occurs, the entire supply chain could be disrupted by damage to manufacturing facilities and other factors. Depending on the scale of the damage, this could affect our performance.」
Damage to manufacturing facilities caused by natural disasters, fires and other events, and the resulting disruption to the entire supply chain, were identified as new risk items.