Incorporating ESG into Management Strategy and Enhancing Corporate Value
First written in FY2019. 8 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020-Q3. Latest entry: 2026-06-19.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2017: 1 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
26 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- 2026-06-19RestatedGovernance
「Regarding cross-shareholdings, the Board of Directors shall comprehensively consider the purpose and rationale for holding them from a medium- to long-term perspective and periodically scrutinize and verify whether the returns and risks are commensurate with the cost of capital.」
Even after selling all cross-shareholdings, the company reaffirmed its policies for reviewing the purpose and rationale of holdings, reduction and sale criteria, and voting rights. - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Approximately 30% of electricity used in Japan is supplied by this energy source.」
The proportion of CO2-free electricity generated from renewable energy rose from approximately 27% in the previous fiscal year to approximately 30%. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Approximately 27% of our electricity consumption in Japan is supplied by this energy.」
On the environmental side of our ESG initiatives, we disclosed that approximately 27% of domestic electricity consumption was supplied by CO2-free electricity generated from renewable energy. We also continued to support Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, children, disaster victims, and refugees. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In the fiscal year ended March 2024, the Company continued donations to organizations engaged in the sound development of young people, including the Children's Future Support Fund. It also provided relief donations to victims and affected areas of the Reiwa 6 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, which caused extensive damage in January, and continues to entrust support funds to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to Ukrainian refugees.」
On the social side of our ESG and SDG initiatives, we provided support for children, ¥120 million for victims of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, and ¥20 million for Ukrainian refugees. On the environmental side, approximately 21% of electricity consumed domestically is sourced from renewable energy. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「This energy now supplies approximately 27% of electricity consumed in Japan.」
We expanded our ESG and SDG initiatives to include support for young people, Ukrainian refugees, and victims of the major earthquake in Turkey and Syria, in addition to introducing CO2-free electricity generated from renewable energy. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「In the fiscal year ended March 2022, the Company donated a total of ¥100 million to 3 organizations, including the Children's Future Support Fund, engaged in the sound development of young people. More recently, it entrusted ¥100 million in support funds to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to Ukrainian refugees, which has drawn global attention.」
On the social side of our ESG and SDG initiatives, we donated a total of ¥100 million to 3 organisations supporting young people and contributed ¥100 million to support Ukrainian refugees. On the environmental side, we are also introducing CO2-free electricity generated from renewable energy. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「From this perspective, based on the SDGs' goals for building a sustainable society, we will pursue the following ESG initiatives and work toward sustainable growth while building relationships of trust with our stakeholders.」
We gave concrete form to our ESG policy by linking it to the SDGs and addressing climate change and resource reduction, human rights, prohibition of discrimination and support for children, and transparency and stronger governance through voluntary committees. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「As a good corporate citizen, we promote management strategies that take environmental factors into account, including reducing CO₂ emissions by switching to LED lighting and reducing paper consumption by digitising instruction manuals; social factors, including outreach classes for children and regional revitalisation using our games and esports business; and governance factors, including increasing the proportion of outside directors, promoting diversity through the participation of women and foreign nationals, and establishing nomination and compensation committees. We seek to enhance corporate value by building trust with our stakeholders, including shareholders, investors, customers, business partners, creditors, employees, and local communities.」
We made the connection between our ESG initiatives and management strategy more concrete by adding regional revitalisation using games and esports, diversity, and the SDGs. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, the Monster Hunter series was adopted as the image character for Osaka Prefectural Police's campaign to raise awareness of cybercrime prevention, attracting attention among younger people. The Company has pursued social contribution activities as part of its ESG initiatives.」
As a social ESG initiative, we implemented a specific social-contribution programme using the Monster Hunter series to raise awareness of cybercrime prevention by the Osaka Prefectural Police. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「As a good corporate citizen, we promote management strategies that take environmental factors into account, including reducing CO₂ emissions by switching to LED lighting and reducing paper consumption by digitising instruction manuals; social factors, including outreach classes for children and regional revitalisation using our games; and governance factors, including increasing the proportion of outside directors and establishing nomination and compensation committees. We seek to enhance corporate value by building trust with our stakeholders…」
We first presented our ESG initiatives in a systematic manner, incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors into management strategy alongside measures to reduce environmental impact, contribute to society, increase the proportion of outside directors, and establish committees.