ESG Promotion
ESG Promotion Activities
ESG Inspections
To inspect the legal and regulatory compliance status of the Kaneka Group and to improve its occupational safety and health performance, ESG inspections are carried out, comprising ESG safety and quality inspections and ESG evaluation audits, targeting Group companies within Japan and overseas.
To monitor progress of ESG activities, we check safety management at our manufacturing sites from the standpoints of safety/hygiene, environmental conservation and quality assurance of product/commodity/work in process. Carrying out an evidence-based evaluation of the status of checks, we share with the head office and manufacturing site any items requiring improvements. We conducted ESG safety and quality inspections in fiscal 2022 at all parent manufacturing sites and at nine sites of nine Group companies in Japan.
Kaneka’s Environmental Health and Safety Management Regulations and Quality Management Regulations clearly define the actions and responsibilities expected of Group companies. Encouraging employees to be proactive, we endeavor to reduce environmental impacts and occupational accident risks, as well as to improve our crisis response capabilities in case of natural disasters and product accidents.
We conduct ESG evaluation audits to ensure that our business activities and labor practices comply with laws and regulations. In fiscal 2022, we conducted audits at all Kaneka business divisions, 28 Group companies in Japan, and 20 Group companies overseas in the area of competition laws like the Antimonopoly Act in Japan. Executives of Kaneka and of certain Group companies in Japan who are involved in sales, purchasing, and business development are required to undergo antitrust law compliance training and submit a written oath. At Group companies in Japan, we confirmed the preparation status of issues related to the revision of the Labor Standards Act.
ESG Education
We engage in educational activities to promote ESG within the company through training sessions and the company intranet.
In fiscal 2022, we posted a section on the company intranet entitled “Deepening Your ESG Understanding” and sought to disseminate information on the ESG-related social issues companies are called on to address, Kaneka’s progress toward achieving ESG management, and initiatives related to our ESG Charter. As a way of bringing the SDGs into everyday experience, we put up posters around our premises that remind us to promote paperless work, save water, and save energy.
We will continue to enhance employees’ understanding of ESG to resolve social issues through corporate activities.
Support for the United Nations Global Compact
In March 2015, Kaneka Group became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact.
The UN Global Compact is a voluntary code of conduct through which the top management of signatory companies commit themselves to take action aimed at achieving ten principles in the four areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment, and Anti-Corruption. As Kaneka Group with a global network, we actively share information about our commitment to global sustainable growth as a responsible corporate citizen with our stakeholders and the international community.
United Nations Global Compact
The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact
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