Materialities and our initiatives

Process to Identify Materialities

The process to identify materialities at our Group is as follows: the 34 GRI Standard items are set as the basic key issues (materialities) that we should engage in as management; after which a matrix using the axes of "Importance to Stakeholders" and "Importance to Our Group" is created through discussions at the Sustainability Committee, the materialities that the Group should engage with are finally categorized into five elements (22 items), the "Materialities to be Addressed."

Materialities Matrix

Materialities and our initiatives

The identified 22 materialities to be addressed are categorized into the three sub-concepts in our long -term vision, "NFC VISION 2030", and then specific actions, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), and numerical goals are set.

NFC VISION 2030 Materialities Initiatives KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) Numerical Goals SDGs
Sustaining
the KIREI of
the future through
diversity-driven
innovation		 Human Rights Be a company where
women can play an
active role		 - Ratio of female employees ※2
- Ratio of females in management ※2		 - With the aim of having 30% or more
ratio of females in management by the
2030s, the goals are to have 20% or
more ratio of female employees, as
well as 15% or more ratio of females in
management and management
candidates by FY2027.		 SDGs QUALITY EDUCATION SDGs GENDER EQUALITY SDGs DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH SDGs REDUCED INEQUALITIES
Be a workplace where
people can work equally
regardless of disability		 - Ratio of disabled people hired ※1,2 - The goal is to have 2.5% or more
ratio of disabled people hired by the
end of FY2024.
Achieve work-life
balance by supporting
child-rearing and
long-term care		 - Ratio of child-care leave taken ※1,2
- Specific measures for long-term care		 - The goal is to take 70% or more ratio
of child-care leave by the end of
FY2025.
Environment Develop products
that can co-exist with
the environment		 - Amount of R&D investment
- Number of patents		 - The goal is to have 4.4% of sales or
more amount of research and
development investment every fiscal
year during FY2023 to FY2026.
- The goal is to apply 75 patents over
the five years between FY2022
and FY2026.		 SDGs CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION SDGs AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY SDGs INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SDGs RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION SDGs CLIMATE ACTION SDGs LIFE BELOW WATER SDGs LIFE ON LAND
Sustaining
the KIREI of
the Earth through
sustainable
manufacturing
Reduce emissions
of substances targeted
by the PRTR System		 - Amount of emissions of substances
targeted by the PRTR System		 - With the aim to reduce the amount of
movement by 50% or more compared
to FY2020 by the end of FY2030,
the specific studies are carried out.
Contribute to achieving
a carbon-neutral society		 - Amount of greenhouse gas
emissions ※1,2		 - The specific studies are carried out
with the goal of reducing emissions
by 41.5% compared to FY2018
by FY2030. ※3
Reduce industrial waste
and promote resource
recycling		 - Amount of industrial waste
generated ※1
- Recycling rate ※1		 - The specific studies are carried out to
reduce the generated amount of
industrial waste by 20% or more
compared to FY2019 by the end of
FY2030.
- The specific studies are carried out to
achieve 90% or more recycling rate
by the end of FY2030.
Strengthen the effective
use of water resources		 - Amount of water used ※1,2
- Amount of effluent ※1,2		 - The specific studies are carried out to
reduce the used amount of water by
10% or more compared to FY2019 by
the end of FY2030.
- The specific studies are carried out to
reduce the amount of effluent by 10%
or more compared to FY2019 by the
end of FY2030.
Sustaining
the KIREI of
communities
through
compliance, safety,
and actions that
ensure peace
of mind		 Compliance Strengthen compliance -Number of serious compliance
violations ※1,2
- Rate of compliance training session
attendance ※1,2		 - The goal is to achieve zero occurrence
of a serious compliance violation.
- The goal is to achieve 100%
attendance rate of compliance training
session.		 SDGs RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION SDGs PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Occupational
Health and
Safety		 Prevent workplace
accidents and ensure
health and safety for
workers		 - Number of workplace accidents ※1,2
- Rate of stress check implementation
※2		 - The goal is to achieve zero occurrence
of workplace accidents every fiscal year.
- The goal is to achieve 90% or more
implementation rate of stress check
every fiscal year.
Product Safety
& Quality		 Contribute to society
through safe and
reliable products		 - Number of quality claims -The goal is to reduce the number of
quality claims by 50% from that of
previous fiscal year in each fiscal year.

※1 The KPI including ARBOS Co., Ltd.
※2 The KPI including NISSEI BILIS Co., Ltd.
※3 The base year and the numerical goal have been updated since FY2024 due to the inclusion of NISSEI BILIS Co., Ltd.
　　because the available emission data of greenhouse gas for counting as group companies starts from FY2018.