Toyo Seikan Group
Sustainability Management

Toyo Seikan Group 's Management Philosophy

Toyo Seikan Group Sustainability Charter

By conducting business activities based on Toyo Seikan Group Sustainability Charter, we aim to achieve both the sustainable development of society and our own sustainable growth.

• We will practice the management philosophy in pursuit of the establishment of a sustainable society.
• We will work to improve value co-creation through dialog and collaboration with stakeholders.
• We will identify material issues and strive to solve them in accordance with the Action Policy and the Code of Conduct.
• We will carry out concerted business activities across the Group based on the spirit of this charter.

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Co-creating Value with Stakeholders

The business of Toyo Seikan Group is built on relationships of trust with all stakeholders.
We are aware of various social issues in each country and region, and are working to resolve these issues through our business by engaging in dialogue and collaboration with customers who use our products and services, business partners, and local communities.
Furthermore, we will maintain and improve our competitiveness by creating a comfortable working environment that accommodates the diversity of our employees and developing human resources that will lead to the creation of new value.
Additionally, in response to the recent growing interest in ESG investment, we are also proactively engaging in dialogue with shareholders and investors.

Creating Value Together with Stakeholders

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	Engagement results and future value creation strategies
Customers	Joint development with customers TOMATEC Co., Ltd. has collaborated with Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. to establish a recycling process that reuses the company's used dry cell batteries as raw materials for Fertilizer, and will begin selling the fertilizer in fiscal 2024. We will continue to work with our customers to promote the reduction of environmental impact and the realization of a sustainable society through initiatives such as resource reuse.
Business Partners	CSR Guideline Self-Diagnosis We continue to ask our suppliers to self-diagnose their CSR guidelines as a communication tool for working with us to realize a sustainable society. We have also held dialogues with some of our suppliers to confirm their current situation based on the self-diagnosis and to aim for future improvements. We will continue to expand the number of business partners covered and strengthen communication.	​
Shareholders and Investors	IR/SR interview activities During the IR/SR interviews, we received many opinions regarding capital return, shareholder return policy, etc. We will reflect these valuable opinions in our management strategy and strive to provide even better value.	​
Local Community	Promoting resource recycling in cooperation with local governments The Group is working with local governments to realize a society that recycles plastic products. We are participating in the Kawasaki Circular Design Park's "Waste Plastic Recycling Demonstration in the Kawasaki Waterfront Area," a framework aimed at realizing a circular economy society in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Our group will be using recycled materials in environmentally conscious designs, as well as processing and evaluating them into products. Learn more A six-party collaboration, including Kashima City in Ibaraki Prefecture, has launched a demonstration experiment called the "Pla Relay Project," aiming to recycle plastic containers. The Group will manufacture containers from recycled plastic raw materials. Learn more

Group Sustainability Promotion Structure

Toyo Seikan Group has established Group Sustainability Committee with the aim of implementing sustainability management across the Group.
The committee, which is chaired by the president and consists of Group executives in charge of business and corporate affairs, meets four times a year. In addition, promotion subcommittees have been established for each ESG theme (Group Environmental Activity Committee, Human Rights/DE&I Promotion Subcommittee, and Group Governance Promotion Subcommittee).
Based on the discussions in each subcommittee, matters discussed at Group Sustainability Committee are reported to the Business Strategy Meeting and the Executive Committee as necessary and reflected in business strategies. The activities of Group Sustainability Committee are reported to the Board of Directors without delay after the committee meeting and are subject to oversight.
In fiscal 2024, discussions and reports were held mainly on the progress of achieving materiality and future policies for achieving the Group's greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Major themes discussed and reported by the Sustainability Committee in fiscal 2024

• Materiality achievement status and future policy
• Diversity Promotion Subcommittee Activity Report
• Formulation of Toyo Seikan Group Social Contribution Activities Policy
• Direction toward achieving the Group's GHG reduction targets (formulation and promotion of GHG reduction transition plans)
• Establishment of a system for promoting human rights due diligence within the Group
• Establishment of a human rights redress mechanism
• Directions for setting resource circulation indicators and plans
• Sustainable products and services certified as "Open Up! Products & Services"
• Environmental trends both domestically and internationally (decarbonization, resource circulation, nature-related) and our response