Enhancement of the Oversight and Audit Framework, Including Outside Directors and Independent Officers
First written in FY2018. 3 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 13 of 105 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026Planned changes to the officer structure and lower proportion of womenAnnual report
「Men 9 Women 2 (Women as a percentage of executives 18.1 %)」
After the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for 26 June 2026, the company plans to have 2 women officers, representing 18.1%. The structure has changed from the previously indicated plan of 3 women officers, representing 25.0%. - FY2025Planned change in outside directors and higher proportion of womenAnnual report
「Men 9 Women 3 (Proportion of women among officers 25.0 %)」
The company plans to have 8 directors after the general meeting of shareholders scheduled for 26 June 2025, including a change in outside directors, with women expected to account for 25.0% of officers. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Board of Directors comprises 8 directors, including 3 outside directors, and meets regularly, as well as extraordinarily when necessary, to decide the company’s management policies and other important matters, thereby maintaining a structure capable of making appropriate management decisions and exercising management oversight at all times.」
The company discloses a structure in which 3 of the 8 directors are outside directors and held 14 Board of Directors meetings during the fiscal year, providing specific evidence of the operation of its supervisory framework, including outside directors. - FY2024-Q2Change in Outside Corporate AuditorAnnual report
「Corporate Auditor Suzuki Hirokimi (鈴木 啓公) April 2023 Outside corporate auditor of the company (Resigned effective 29 June 2023) July 2023 Outside corporate auditor of the company (incumbent)」
The outside corporate auditor changed from the former auditor to a newly appointed outside corporate auditor effective 3 July 2023. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Board of Directors comprises 9 directors, including 3 outside directors, and meets regularly, as well as extraordinarily when necessary, to decide the company’s management policies and other important matters, thereby maintaining a structure capable of making appropriate management decisions and exercising management oversight at all times.」
The company continues to disclose a management decision-making and oversight framework through the Board of Directors, including the current structure of 9 directors, 3 of whom are outside directors. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「The Board of Directors comprises 14 directors, including 4 outside directors, and meets regularly, as well as extraordinarily when necessary, to decide the company’s management policies and other important matters, thereby maintaining a structure capable of making appropriate management decisions and exercising management oversight at all times.」
The company describes a supervisory structure in which 4 of the 14 directors are outside directors, and specifies the management decision-making and oversight framework provided by regular and extraordinary Board of Directors meetings. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「The company regularly holds meetings of the Board of Directors, comprising 15 directors, including 4 outside directors, and the Board of Corporate Auditors, comprising 4 corporate auditors, including 2 outside corporate auditors, and holds extraordinary meetings as necessary, thereby maintaining a structure capable of making appropriate management decisions and exercising management oversight at all times.」
The company discloses its management oversight framework through the Board of Directors and Board of Corporate Auditors, including 4 outside directors and 2 outside corporate auditors, as an independent governance measure.