Sustainability Policy Not Yet Formulated and Monitoring by the Management Committee and Board of Directors

「With respect to the policies on human-resource development, including securing workforce diversity, and on developing the internal work environment described in “(2) Strategy” above, the Group uses the percentage of female workers in management positions, the rate of childcare-leave utilization, the percentage of female workers in management positions and average monthly overtime hours as indicators. Under the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children and the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, it has established targets for the percentage of female workers in management positions, the rate of childcare-leave utilization and average monthly overtime hours.」

「The company has not currently established a basic sustainability policy. However, it will continue to consider initiatives to clarify the sustainability-related issues that it needs to address specifically and to disclose concrete measures for addressing them, including from the perspectives of risk management and monetization.」