Participation in Stakeholder Engagement Programs
The Company participated in a stakeholder engagement program organized by Caux Round Table Japan . Its aim was to identify the negative human rights impacts of business activities from the perspectives of companies, NPOs/NGOs, and human rights experts in various industries, as well as explore how business activities can be conducted in consideration of industry-specific impacts and human rights issues. The program involves discussions with NGOs/NPOs, experts, and others about human rights due diligence required by the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
2023
The 2023's session focused on the issue of climate change, which is attracting attention as a human rights issue. Human rights abuses in the Palestinian Interim Authority (PA) The discussion was based on issues raised by civil society on 10 themes, including the emergence of generative AI.
We will use the knowledge gained through this program to assess the risks of human rights due diligence and refine our approach to minimizing and preventing negative impacts on human rights in our own supply chain.
2022
The 2022 Program, 10 themes were discussed by the civil society, including the issues of internally displaced persons and refugees, such as the displaced persons in Ukraine, plastic waste, which is becoming increasingly contaminated on a global scale, migrant workers (including foreign technical interns) in Japan, and the dangers of handling personal information in cyberspace, which is increasingly being used for business purposes.
We will use the knowledge gained through this program to assess the risks of human rights due diligence and refine our approach to minimizing and preventing negative impacts on human rights in our own supply chain.
2021
Referring to a human rights guidance tool developed by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the 2021 program covered multiple themes. These included human rights and environmental issues that need to be considered amid the ongoing shift to renewable energy, the issue of forced labor that is strongly impacting global supply chains, proposals from Generation Z who have risen to the occasion of climate change, and the inherent challenges of resource recycling. At the program, we identified key human rights issues by industry and deepened our understanding of the negative impacts on human rights at each stage of the value chain (procurement, development, manufacturing, sales, use, and disposal), as well as how business activities should be conducted in the future.
We will use the knowledge gained through this program to assess the risks of human rights due diligence and refine our approach to minimizing and preventing negative impacts on human rights in our own supply chain.
