Initiatives to promote women in management, reduce paper use, and reuse product components toward achieving the SDGs
First written in FY2022. 1 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2026. Latest entry: FY2026.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「With the long-term goal of bringing the proportion of female employees and female managers to the same level, the company is promoting a target of at least 20% women among new hires to improve the overall proportion of women. This target is above the female employee ratio of 17.7% as of 31 March 2025. The proportion of women among new hires in the fiscal year ending March 2026 was 22.2%, achieving the target.」
Against the target of at least 20% women among new hires, the proportion was 22.2% in the fiscal year ending March 2026, and the company disclosed that it had achieved its hiring-ratio target. - FY2024Failure to meet the target for the proportion of women disclosedAnnual report
「As of 31 March 2024, women accounted for 19.6% of employees and 7.3% of managers, so the company had not achieved its targets. In addition to increasing the hiring of female employees, it is creating an environment to appoint more female employees by taking steady measures such as abolishing the previous distinction between core-track and general-track positions to broaden the pool of candidates for management appointments.」
Both the proportion of female employees and the proportion of female managers fell below their respective targets. The company presented increased hiring of women and broadening the pool of management candidates by abolishing job classifications as countermeasures. - FY2023Defining specific targets and metricsAnnual report
「For the 3-year period beginning April 2022, the company has established reducing waste, promoting recycling and providing recycled products to local communities as ESG management targets and is pursuing these initiatives. It monitors the results of its activities against the baseline before the initiatives began, and plans to disclose the results for the 3-year period from April 2022 by June 2025.」
In addition to its previous SDG priority themes, the company defined waste reduction, promotion of recycling and the provision of recycled products as ESG management targets for the 3-year period beginning April 2022, and indicated that it plans to disclose the results by June 2025. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The group's mission is to help create a sustainable society by reducing its environmental impact through business activities rooted in a commitment to recording and playback technologies, and it will contribute to achieving the SDGs. Specifically, it has identified increasing the proportion of female managers, reducing paper use and increasing the reuse ratio for products and components as immediate priorities, and is pursuing these initiatives with short-, medium- and long-term targets.」
The company set short-, medium- and long-term targets for the proportion of female managers, paper consumption and the reuse ratio for products and components as specific priority themes, while committing to the SDGs and a sustainable society.