Sustainability Management
Message from the director in charge
We adopted our Basic Policies on Sustainability in February 2022, aiming to reconcile solutions to social issues with raising enterprise value. We have selected five materialities (key areas) in which we can solve the issues that we are uniquely suited to solve, and contribute to progress in society, in the course of our corporate activities. They are based on the corporate philosophy that embodies the universal values we must give the highest priority, and on the expectations of our stakeholders for our action on social issues. In April 2022, we established the Sustainability Promotion Office as a sub-organization of the Corporate Planning Department, to promote management that contributes to the realization of a sustainable society.
In the environmental field, problems such as climate change have been worsening in recent years, and the situation demands that companies take action for the environment, including cutting CO2 and other greenhouse gases. As a member of society, we will go beyond making effective use of limited resources and reducing environmental loads through our corporate activities, to actively tackle environmental conservation as part of our social contribution activities.
In the social field, we set respect for the fundamental human rights of all people as the foundation of our actions. By respecting, recognizing, and accepting each other’s differences in attributes such as gender, age, ability, marital status, and nationality, we promote making the most of the innate abilities of all people and allowing them to do their best. We recognize that providing safe and secure financial services that match our customers’ feelings, the ACOM Group’s financial services have an important role in supporting the Asian economy, centered on ASEAN, as well as in Japan. We carry out our social mission on that basis. Furthermore, as we advance digitization throughout society, we are delivering new value that uses data and digital technology to the full, unbound by conventional concepts.
In the governance field, we aim for continuous increase of shareholder value while we ensure the soundness, transparency, and efficiency of management. Under the leadership of our top management, everyone in our organization is engaged in building a system of internal controls and ensuring its effectiveness, as well as constantly evaluating, validating, and improving it.
In future, we aim to meet the expectations of all our stakeholders by continuing to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, and growing together with society. We ask all our stakeholders to give us their continued understanding and support.
Takashi Kiribuchi
Deputy President
The Sustainability Promotion Organization
ACOM’s sustainability promotion organization is that Corporate Planning Department Sustainability Promotion Office studies and formulates companywide sustainability plans, while key matters are examined and decided in Executive Officers’ Meeting and the Board of Directors. The KPI and progress reports for identified materialities (key areas) are reported to the Executive Officers’ Meeting and the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.
Materiality
Based on our Corporate Philosophy, which is the most important universal values that should be cherished in our corporate activities, and the expectations of our stakeholders regarding our efforts to address social issues, we will select priority areas to be addressed and contribute to solving issues that only ACOM can solve and to the development of society.
Achieving a Sustainable Society Raising Enterprise Value
The Materiality Identification Process
- As concern over social issues, such as shifting demographic structures and climate change, rises around the world, we analyzed the value ACOM can provide to society. We reached the conclusion that the social value we can provide lies in ongoing corporate activities in line with the corporate philosophy that forms our universal values.
- With reference to international guidelines such as the SDGs and the GRI Standards, we examined social issues and identified five themes. To identify themes, we assembled a working group that cuts across departments, to reflect the opinions of all stakeholders.
- The Medium-term Management Plan Formulation Council, consisting of the Representative Directors and the Executive Officers who serve concurrently as Directors, discussed the social value of this company that was confirmed in Step 1 and the five themes identified in Step 2.
- Based on the content of discussions in Step 3, we identified materialities in the Executive Officers’ Meeting and Board of Directors. The KPI and progress reports for each identified theme are regularly reported to the Executive Officers’ Meeting and the Board of Directors.
- As concern over social issues, such as shifting demographic structures and climate change, rises around the world, we analyzed the value ACOM can provide to society. We reached the conclusion that the social value we can provide lies in ongoing corporate activities in line with the corporate philosophy that forms our universal values.
- With reference to international guidelines such as the SDGs and the GRI Standards, we examined social issues and identified five themes. To identify themes, we assembled a working group that cuts across departments, to reflect the opinions of all stakeholders.
- The Medium-term Management Plan Formulation Council, consisting of the Representative Directors and the Executive Officers who serve concurrently as Directors, discussed the social value of this company that was confirmed in Step 1 and the five themes identified in Step 2.
- Based on the content of discussions in Step 3, we identified materialities in the Executive Officers’ Meeting and Board of Directors. The KPI and progress reports for each identified theme are regularly reported to the Executive Officers’ Meeting and the Board of Directors.