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 |
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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.
1) Annual discussions to confirm issues' validity
2) Discussions for periodic review