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Sustainability Management Material Issues
(Materiality)

In light of changes in social circumstances and the business environment, we use the following process to identify material issues to address ahead of others and with a sense of urgency, and to update them in a timely manner.

Material Issue
Identification Process

Step 1: Identify Step 2: Evaluate Step 3: Prioritize Step 4: Finalize

  • ISO 26000: International standard for social responsibility

Evaluating Issues

We evaluate each of the issues identified in terms of the level of interest to stakeholders and the level of impact on the Group.

Evaluating issues

Material Issues

(E) Environment

 Issues to be addressed on a daily basis
  • Reduction of CO2 emissions in business activities
  • Reduction of waste
Issues to be addressed from a medium- to long-term perspective
  • New construction methods, creation of environments
  • Responding to climate change
  • Consideration for biodiversity
  • Efficient use of resources and energy

(S) Social

 Issues to be addressed on a daily basis
  • Respect for human rights
  • Employment and retention of employees
  • Human resource development
  • Occupational safety and health
  • Promotion of health and productivity management
  • Strengthening of cooperation in the supply chain management
  • Activities to contribute to local communities
Issues to be addressed from a medium- to long-term perspective
  • Provision of high-quality, safe, and reliable facility services
  • Pursuit of sustainable and productive facility construction processes
  • Creation of a work environment that provides job satisfaction to a diverse workforce

(G) Governance

 Issues to be addressed on a daily basis
  • Information security
  • Promotion of compliance

Material Issues
(Materiality) of the
Takasago Thermal Engineering Group

Material Issues Initiatives KPI FY2021
results

(E) Environment
Reduction of CO2 emissions Reduction of overall CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2)
  • Promotion of the use of hybrid vehicles for company vehicles and reduction of electricity consumption in offices
  • Promotion of the use of energy creation technologies at the Innovation Center
 -7.5% reduction (from FY2019)
Reduction of overall CO2 emissions (Scope 3)
  • Expansion of sales of GDoc® (optimum heat source utilization system) and utilization of T-Base®
  • Sales development of environmental technologies such as closed VOCs
-3.7% reduction (from FY2019)
Spread in society Provision of “resource-saving methods for facilities” to encourage customers to conduct decarbonization management NEW 10 or more comprehensive proposals for customers
Reduction of water use Introduction of a drainless policy to construction sites of more than a certain scale Introduction of the policy to 50 or more construction sites
Negative emission technology development related to the environment Use of recovered CO2 for photobioreactors NEW Demonstration testing using prototype machinery
Use of recovered CO2 for photobioreactors NEW Demonstration testing using prototype machinery
Corporate rating Participation in CDP (climate change) questionnaire NEW Over A-
Reduction of paper use Reduction of copy paper use in the headquarters, main offices, and branch offices Not more than 500 sheets/month per person
Reduction of waste Reduction of waste materials at the time of construction 10% reduction from the previous FY
Recycling of industrial waste at construction sites Recycling rate of 85% or more
Development of actual cases for plastic elimination Introduction of LIMEX to 5 construction sites or more per office

(S) Social
Quality control Curbing of trouble and complaints Down from the previous FY
Engagement enhancement
Health and productivity management
 Implementation of subsequent measures after regular health checks NEW 100% submission rate of industrial physician opinion letters for people with high risks or potentially high risks
Health checks concerning specific work (midnight or other times) All have a health checkup
Decrease in those at high risks (those whose blood pressure and glucose level exceed in-house criteria) 5% decrease in the number from the previous FY
Decrease in the number of persons with mental health issues NEW More than 80% understanding in questionnaire after mental health training
Diversity
 Foster a culture of diversity acceptance Conduct unconscious bias training for managers and above NEW 80% or more positive response rate on post-implementation questionnaire regarding acceptance of diversity
Promotion of understanding of disabilities NEW
  • Information sharing meetings for persons with disabilities
  • Training for understanding disabilities both held at least once per year
Creating an environment in which all genders can play an active role NEW At least 50% of male employees took childcare leave for at least 5 work days
Sharing role models who are active both inside and outside the company NEW Introduction of case studies of activities on the company intranet, etc. (at least one woman, one mid-career professional hire, one person with a disability, and one foreign national each)
Stable hiring of persons with disabilities NEW
  • Promotion of hiring of new graduates with disabilities
    At least two new graduates entered the company in FY2023
Education on human rights and provision of information on human rights on human rights and provision of information on human rights: 5 or more times per year
Employee satisfaction Lost-time injuries Decrease in the number of incidents from the previous FY
Social harmony Forestation and local activities Once or more per headquarters / office per year
Malaysian tropical rainforest restoration activities conducted once or more per year

(G) Governance
Strengthening governance Reduction of shares held for policy purposes Agreed amount to sell shares held for policy purposes: 7 billion yen (from FY2020 to the end of FY2022)
Evaluation of integrated report Average or higher in the evaluation
Information disclosure and fruitful dialogue Dialogue with 80 people or more in total