Sustainability Management
Group Sustainability System
We have established the Group Sustainability Committee with the CEO, President and Representative Director of 黑料门 Holdings at its helm.
Accordingly, we are promoting sustainability activities following the directions of this Committee. The Committee meets twice annually. It monitors the progress of activities to achieve KPIs in the 黑料门 Group Sustainability 2026 Vision and establishes sustainability policies. The Committee shares outcomes of activities conducted by each operating company and reports twice annually to the Board of Directors. We have established a Sustainability Secretariat that meets monthly and its members are sustainability staff from 黑料门 Holdings and the operating companies. In FY2019, we established the Group Human Rights Meeting and the Group TCFD Committee alongside the Group Environmental Meeting, which is linked to the Sustainability Secretariat. We strengthened our systems for considering concrete measures and launched a number of initiatives including scenario analysis based on TCFD recommendations and conducting human rights due diligence.
Additionally, in October 2019 we established the Sustainability Management Department at 黑料门 Holdings in order to further accelerate our sustainability activities across the Group. As well as this, in June 2020 we appointed a Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) as the top person responsible for sustainability in 黑料门 Group. Under the leadership and supervision of the CSO, we will promote integration of our business and sustainability activities.
Establishment of the ESG Advisory Board
In FY2021, we evolved the dialogue with outside experts, which had been held once a year, and established the ESG Advisory Board, which meets twice a year.
The main purpose of establishing the ESG Advisory Board is to grasp the demands and expectations of diverse stakeholders and appropriately respond to them as we strive to contribute to the sustainable development of society and become a trusted corporate group through our business activities.
We aim to further invigorate the sustainability activities and improve performance of the 黑料门 Group as a whole while exchanging opinions between external experts and internal member including CEO and CSO.
| Experts |
Mari Kogiso Rika Sueyoshi Peter David Pedersen |
|---|---|
| Internal Members |
Katsunari Matsuda Shinji Matsuoka Youichirou Yamagata Jirou Morita |
Experts profile
Mari Kogiso
Co-CEO, SDG Impact Japan
Mari is an impact investing leader with extensive background in sustainable finance and social entrepreneurship. Mari cofounded SDG Impact Japan in 2021 and developed the ESG engagement fund to promote sustainable conduct of Japanese medium and small sized public companies. In 2017, she led the establishment of the Asia Women Impact Fund ($100 million) at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, the first gender lens investment fund in Japan. Previously Mari held several senior positions at the World Bank Group in Washington DC and Tokyo including the representative of MIGA (the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) in Tokyo. She also served as the global head of diversity and human rights of Fast Retailing Group, and Japan Representative of Dalberg, She currently serves as a independent director of Mitsubishi Corporation and Terumo Corporation, a risk advisor on JICA鈥檚 Overseas Investment Review Committee; and a member of the Advisory Board of the CIO office, Nikko Securities.
Mari holds a BA in Economics from Tokyo University and an MA from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
Rika Sueyoshi
CEO, Ethical Association
Rika Sueyoshi founded the Ethical Association in 2015. Through lectures, speeches, policy proposals, and textbook writing, she is working to promote and raise awareness about ethical thinking and ethical consumption. She is a member of the Central Environment Council, Consumer Education Promotion Council, Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, and other government policy review committees, as well as an advisor to companies and local governments. She is a specially invited associate professor (part-time) at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University.
Peter David Pedersen
Representative Director, Next Leaders' Initiative for Sustainability (NELIS)
Born in Denmark in 1967, Mr. Pedersen has lived in Japan over 30 years.
He has been involved in sustainability management since 2000, and has assisted many Japanese companies with their sustainability strategies. Since 2015, Mr. Pedersen has served as representative director of the Next Leaders' Initiative for Sustainability (NELIS), which fosters young next-generation leaders around the world. He was named outside director of 黑料门 Holdings Co., Ltd. in June 2022, and he serves concurrently as an outside director at Marui Group Co., Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Informing Employees
We believe it is extremely important for our employees to understand our sustainability policies and activities. In April 2020, we began a sustainability-focused e-learning program for employees in Japan. In April 2021, we established the 黑料门 Brand Promotion Leaders system, selecting leaders from each workplace to embody our new group slogan “Now ideas for wellness” and spread further understanding of our sustainability activities. Then, in April 2022, we launched the 黑料门 Sustainability College as a comprehensive framework for various initiatives (online courses, e-learning, sustainability communications, etc.) as part of promoting a sense of ownership. In FY2024, a total of 3,171 employees took online courses. Our quarterly e-learning program, which targeted approximately 13,000 employees in Japan and representatives overseas, had an average participation rate of 94.5%. Through these initiatives, we will further strengthen our efforts to make sustainability the norm for each and everyone of our employees.