Sustainability Management of Toyo Seikan Group

Management Philosophy of Toyo Seikan Group

Toyo Seikan Group CSR Policy

Toyo Seikan Group defines CSR as “continuous contribution to the happiness and prosperity of mankind through fair and honest business activities.” All employees of the Group understand its CSR commitment and work for all stakeholders.

Value Co-Creation with Stakeholders

Our business is based on mutual trust with various stakeholders. We work to identify various social issues in countries and regions where we operate and find solutions to those issues through our business activities in cooperation with customers, suppliers and other partners and communities. We aim to create an inclusive workplace for diverse employees and foster human resources that will lead our value creation, thereby maintaining and enhancing our competitiveness. In response to the growing interest in ESG investment in recent years, we are also focusing on communication with shareholders and investors so that they can better understand ESG initiatives of the Group.

Co-creation of value with stakeholders

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	Engagement results	Future value creation strategy
Customers	Collaboration Fair 2022 On March 9–10, 2022, we invited approximately 740 customers to a reservations-only private show at Tokyo International Forum.	Along with conveying the story of Toyo Seikan Groupʼs comprehensive ability and environmental initiatives, the fair was greatly anticipated for strengthening relationships with “co-creation partners.” We will continue to hold this event.
Business partners	Conducting self-assessments on CSR guidelines As a communications tool for realizing a sustainable society along with Toyo Seikan Group, we asked suppliers to join Toyo Seikan Group in conducting a self- assessment of our Toyo Seikan Group CSR Guidelines for Suppliers The exercise had a response rate of 82.9% among companies receiving a request in FY2022.	With the intent of enhancing communications, we expanded the set of suppliers covered in FY2023.	Self-assessment response rates
Shareholders and investors	IR and SR engagement activity Through IR and SR interviews, we received numerous opinions on capital efficiency and shareholder returns policy.	After reflecting valuable opinions in management strategy, we are providing better value.	IR/SR meetings
Local communities	Educational support initiatives Under the theme of packaging, education support is provided on the next-generation environment and careers. In FY2022, a total of 51 visiting classes were offered to 4,329 students from the Group. Ks	We are moving ahead with expanding support to group companies and the pool of lecturers who used the Internal Side Job System.

Sustainability Promotion Framework of Toyo Seikan Group

In April 2022, we established the Sustainability Department, which has responsibility for internal and external communication and public relations in addition to environmental and CSR issues. As a key organization for implementing corporate strategies, the new department will drive group-wide sustainability initiatives to ensure the continuity and development of society and our business.

We also established the Group Sustainability Committee for sustainability management in operations across the Group. The committee, chaired by the president of Toyo Seikan Group Holdings and attended by presidents of major group companies, meets once a year in principle. The issues discussed by the committee are reported to the Management Strategy Meeting and the Executive Management Meeting, as appropriate, to be reflected in our corporate strategies. The committee’s activities are also immediately reported to the Board of Directors to be supervised by the board.