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JSR Group's CSR Priority Issues to be Addressed by JSR Group

As part of our efforts to integrate our management and CSR, we identify priority issues to help realize a sustainable global environment and society. To assist us in this process, we arrange issues using a matrix comprised of two axes; namely, "Importance for JSR Group (Internal Factors)" and "Importance for Stakeholders (External Factors)." We then identify those that have high priority for our Group and for our stakeholders as "Priority Issues Considered by JSR Group." In April 2017, which marked the start of our mid-term business plan "JSR20i9," we rearranged priority issues into three categories—"Social Issues that JSR Group Can Help Resolve," "Social Issues Attributable to JSR Group's Corporate Activity," and "Basic Issues in JSR Group's Corporate Activity"—with a view to advancing our CSR activities.

Social Issues that JSR Group Can Help Resolve Social Issues Attributable to JSR Group's Corporate Activity
Eco-Friendly Products
Health and Longevity
Better Access to Healthcare and Medical Care
Quality of Life and Happiness
Health and Safety Initiatives
Environmental Impact Reduction
Climate Change Mitigation
Water Resources Conservation
Waste Reduction
Human Rights
Labor Environment
Diversity
Supply Chain Management
Communication with Shareholders
Basic Issues in JSR Group's Corporate Activity
Corporate Governance
Compliance
Risk Management
Responsible Care

We believe that the priority issues will evolve with changes in society's demands on us and in accordance with our various stakeholders' views and needs. We will therefore review and re-specify them through the following operations.

1) We will confirm the issues' validity each year by conducting checks through engagement with experts, employees, responsible care activities, and the like.

2) We will periodically review priority issues while maintaining the transparency and acceptability of the process for specifying them by exchanging views with experts whenever we formulate a new mid-term plan.

In FY2018, we held a dialogue with experts on the theme of "Work-Style Innovation x Digitalization." In it, we addressed the priority issues of labor environment and diversity, items that are among the Social Issues Attributable to JSR Group's Corporate Activities. The dialogue identified challenges that JSR Group must address from the standpoint of sustainability.

Primary topics of discussion during previous meetings with experts

1) Annual discussions to confirm issues' validity

2010:
Diversity
2012:
Conservation of Biodiversity
2014:
JSR Group Environmental Protection Efforts
2015:
Corporate Mission and CSR through Business
2017:
Work Styles and the Development of the Human Resources that will Lead JSR Group in the Next Generation
2018:
Work-Style Innovation x Digitalization

2) Discussions for periodic review

2013:
JSR Group CSR
2016:
Verification of Priority Issues to be Addressed by JSR Group