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."
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 ※1,2 |
- With the long-term goal 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. |
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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 FY2025. |
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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. |
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Environment | Develop products that can co-exist with the environment |
- Amount of R&D investment ※1,2,3 - Number of patents ※1,4 |
- The goal of amount of research and development is to have 2.7% or more of consolidated sales every fiscal year during FY2025 to FY2026. - The goal is to apply 85 patents over the five years between FY2022 and FY2026. |
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Sustaining the KIREI of the Earth through sustainable manufacturing |
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Reduce emissions of substances targeted by the PRTR Register |
- Amount of emissions of substances targeted by the PRTR Register |
- The goal is to reduce the amount of movement by 50% or more compared to FY2020 by the end of FY2030. |
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Contribute to achieving a carbon-neutral society |
- Amount of greenhouse gas emissions ※1,2 |
- The goal is to reduce emissions by 41.5% compared to FY2018 by FY2030. |
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Reduce industrial waste and promote resource recycling |
- Amount of industrial waste generated ※1 - Recycling rate ※1 |
- The goal is to reduce the generated amount of industrial waste by 20% or more compared to FY2019 by the end of FY2030. - The goal is to achieve 90% or more recycling rate by the end of FY2030. |
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Strengthen the effective use of water resources |
- Amount of water used ※1,2 - Amount of effluent ※1,2 |
- The goal is to reduce the used amount of water by 10% or more compared to FY2019 by the end of FY2030. - The goal is to reduce the amount of effluent by 10% or more compared to FY2019 by the end of FY2030. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Product Safety and 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 numerical goal have been updated since FY2025 due to the inclusion of ARBOS Co., Ltd. and NISSEI BILIS Co., Ltd.
※4 The numerical goal have been updated since FY2025 due to the inclusion of ARBOS Co., Ltd.