Materiality
Materiality (Important Issues)
Environment
Delivering solutions to environmental issues through our business activities
- Promoting eco-friendly product planning and technological development
- Reducing environmental impact throughout our business activities
- Contributing to environmental conservation and preservation
Society
Valuing and nurturing people
- Promoting employee health and safety
- Developing and cultivating the capacity to offer total solutions related to packaging
- Promoting diverse work styles that encourage all employees to thrive
Building and enhancing relations of trust with our business partners and customers
- Co-creating brand value with our customers
- Maintaining and improving quality through joint efforts with business partners
Contributing to social development and prosperity
- Contributing to developing future generations and fostering environmental awareness
- Providing solutions to increasingly diverse social issues
Governance
Enhancing management foundations
- Securing soundness, transparency, and efficiency in management
- Promoting supply chain risk management
List of Materiality issues organized from an ESG point of view
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Delivering solutions to environmental issues through our business activities |
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Valuing and nurturing people |
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Enhancing management foundations |
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Identification process
Organizing study meetings held by the Sustainable Business Team, which is a member of the project team that identifies materiality topics
The project team has at least one individual from each department responsible for topics such as sales, quality control, finance, legal affairs, human resources, general affairs, and business strategy. Multiple study meetings to date have strengthened the understanding of team members regarding terminology and sustainable management at other companies. Study meetings have also been held for executives to promote their understanding and discussion of initiatives to help build a narrative on sustainable management and value creation as well as initiatives related to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Reviewing the value chain and ascertaining our management capital (strengths)
We examined our value chain in great detail, identifying our unique qualities and points of differentiation from our competitors.
Based on the findings, we identified our management capital: financial capital, manufacturing capital, human capital, intellectual capital, social and relationship capital, and natural capital.
Identifying themes (issues) for maintaining and growing our management capital and defining initiatives for each issue
We studied how to maintain and grow management capital comprising these six types of capital and identified related issues. We also defined initiatives for each issue as it relates to the environment, customers, people and labor, local communities and society, and management.
Deciding on materiality topics based on their importance to stakeholders and to the Company
Submitting the materiality topics through the Sustainability Committee to the Board of Directors for approval
KPI
Major themes | Materiality | KPI | Target fiscal year for achievement | Formulation/revision |
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Delivering solutions to environmental issues through our business activities | Promoting eco-friendly product planning and technological development | Increasing sales share*1 for FSC®-certified products (paper bags, folding paper cartons, and corrugated boxes) to at least 50% | FY2030 | September 2023 |
Delivering solutions to environmental issues through our business activities | Reducing CO2emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 46% from FY2018 | FY2030 | September 2023 | |
Contributing to environmental conservation and preservation | Holding activities for The Pack Forest® Environment Fund 15 times annually, with a total of 500 participants per year | FY2030 | September 2023 | |
Valuing and nurturing people | Promoting diverse work styles that encourage all employees to thrive | Increasing the percentage of women to at least 15% for managerial positions (section manager and above) | FY2030 | September 2023 |
Building and enhancing relations of trust with our business partners and customers | Co-creating brand value with our customers | Receiving support from 300 companies*2 for The Pack Forest® Environment Fund | FY2030 | September 2023 |
- ※1Sales share: Nonconsolidated figure for The Pack's Paper Products business as a whole
- ※2Counting only companies with sales results
- (FSC® C020517)