Initiatives addressing the SDGs and environmental issues, promoting gender equality and health

「In the ladies’ innerwear business, the company has designated reducing environmental impact, enhancing corporate value, investment in human capital and promoting digital transformation as priority issues. It is advancing various strategies in parallel, including developing an environmentally responsible manufacturing environment, enhancing the corporate brand, promoting work-style reform and investing to transform the business model. In the sportswear business, the company has designated enhancing corporate value as a priority issue and is pursuing initiatives that contribute to people’s health and worker safety by providing health-related products such as recovery wear and safety products that reduce physical strain. In the fine-bubble business, the company has designated reducing environmental impact and enhancing corporate value as priority issues and is pursuing initiatives that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and improving people’s health by providing showerheads using fine-bubble technology.」

「Under its management philosophy and policies, the group is pursuing contributions to society and initiatives addressing environmental issues in line with the SDGs, with the aim of achieving a sustainable society. Of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, it has designated as priority issues those relevant to the businesses of each segment and is working to achieve the targets.」

「In the ladies’ innerwear and related sales business, the company has incorporated priority SDGs initiatives into its medium-term management strategy and is pursuing them as its SDGs strategy. To transform the シャルレビジネス business into a sustainable business model, the Corporate Strategy Department is responsible for the initiative and, in cooperation with related departments, conducts monthly progress reviews and implements measures to advance the strategy. The Board of Directors also supervises progress on these initiatives together with each strategy under the medium-term management plan.」

「The company is promoting efforts to achieve its established targets, including accelerating the internal adoption of the SDGs through measures such as seminars for employees conducted by outside experts.」

「The company is also making progress as planned toward the respective targets it has established for work-style reform and its SDGs initiatives.」

「(d) Strengthening the promotion of SDGs initiatives ・Initiatives addressing environmental issues and gender equality ・Initiatives as a company promoting health」