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Sustainability/materiality of Oriental Shiraishi Group

 

Our basic policy of Sustainability

[Basic Policy]

Based on our management philosophy, 'We aim to be a group that is always needed from society by making the best use of our people and technologies,' we pursue our contributions to sustainable society and enhance our corporate value through all our business activities to improve and maintain social infrastructure and resolve issues of local communities and the global environment.

  • We will make technical proposals that consider the global environment by promoting de-carbonization, renewable energy use, reduction of waste, recycling, and making extra efforts to develop environmental conservation and prevention of pollution.
  • We will strive to create a workplace where individual human rights and various employees' values are respected, and where the capabilities of employees are made the most of and they are satisfied to work together to achieve safe, secure, and comfortable workplaces.
  • We will work with our associated companies in human resources development and risk management by maintaining fair and trusted cooperative relationships with our associated companies.
  • We will maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations and manage risks thoroughly in all our business activities.

Materiality (Key issues)

E

Environment
  • Contributing to achieving an environmentally friendly society
    • Promoting de-carbonization by using technological development
    • Contributing to the achievement of a recycling-oriented society
    • Reducing CO2 emissions and using renewable energy in our business activities
    • Reducing our environmental burden through prolonging the life of existing infrastructure
    • Promoting environmentally friendly businesses and renewable energy generation businesses

S

Society

  • Ensuring quality and enhancement of technologies
    • Improving and sustaining quality
    • Enhancing our organization and improving productivity by developing new technologies
    • Maintaining an effective construction management organization
    • Practicing technique succession to ensure quality
  • Ensuring workplace safety and health
    • Implementation of workplace safety and health management systems
    • Educating employees on workplace safety and health based on actual case studies
    • Strictly implementing workplace safety and health management and training safety awareness
    • Establishing a safety culture
  • Securing and developing human resources
    • Promoting working style reform
    • Promoting diversity and inclusion
    • Practicing succession of technologies and fostering engineers' awareness
    • Sharing and understanding our management philosophy and business policy
    • Promoting public awareness of our business by creating innovation and exchanging ideas through joint research with universities and other industries
  • Creating satisfying and attractive workplaces
    • Creating awareness of mutual respect, assistance, and support
    • Promoting five-day workweeks and reducing overtime hours
    • Respecting diversity and permitting flexible work approaches
  • Contributing to society
    • Promoting understanding of the construction industry and brand enhancement through construction site tours and information dissemination
    • Supporting disaster-affected areas through involvement in disaster restoration efforts

G

Governance
  • Practicing corporate ethics
    • Completely implementing legal compliance
    • Enhancing risk control organization and process management
  • Promoting appropriate supply chain management
    • Promoting corporate social responsibility procurement
    • Supporting the training of skilled workers

Organization of sustainability promotion

A Sustainability Committee shall be established as an organization that develops basic sustainability policies and strategies, monitors and guides the progress of sustainability promotion measures in relation to materiality, deliberate on measures to enhance dialogue with stakeholders, and report its findings to the Board of Directors.

The Sustainability Committee is chaired by the President and CEO and comprises internal and external directors (excluding members of the Audit Committee), executive officers in charge, and heads of departments in charge, as appointed by the chairperson. The Committee meets twice annually to discuss monitoring, evaluation, and policy for actual business activities, such as promotion, implementation, and improvement of materiality, and submits its recommendations to the Board of Directors.

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