Sustainability
Environment
Approach Policy
It is the mission of a company to contribute to the realization of a society in which the sustainable development of mankind is possible, and we regard it as one of the important management challenges that lead to the enhancement of corporate value. We aim to create an enriched urban environment and contribute to the global environment.
Approach in Project WIC (1)
It is not just a place to work, but a comfortable and creative place that motivates people and enhances the power of both employees and companies.
We are working to obtain WELL certification (an environmental performance evaluation system for buildings that focuses on people's health and wellness) through the total design of functions such as working, gathering, resting, and playing.
Approach in Project WIC (2)
We will make it a place where we can achieve a higher level of coexistence with the environment.
We will make a total design of an environment that is friendly to people and Earth (such as create harmony with the natural environment and reduce the environmental impact), and work to obtain LEED green building certification (environmental performance evaluation system for green buildings).
- Installation of water-saving sanitary fixtures
- Installation of rainwater harvesting facilities (use of toilet flushing water)
- Use of LED light fixtures
- Use of solar panels (hot water supply system)
- Use of drainage systems that take into consideration the maintenance and conservation of water quality
Approach in Project WIC (3)
We will make it a place resilient to nature disaster that provides people a sense of safety and security.
- Avoid high-rise buildings and ensure safe evacuation methods and locations.
- Maintain and distribute emergency facilities and disaster prevention stockpiles.
- Concierge services available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Governance
Basic Approach
As a holding company that controls and manages the business activities of the Group's companies, we aim to continuously increase its corporate value, fulfill its corporate social responsibility (CSR), and become a company that is trusted by all stakeholders, including the shareholders and customers.
To this end, the company has established corporate governance, thorough the enforcement of the laws and regulations, the Articles of Incorporation, and corporate ethics by the officers and employees of our company and its subsidiaries, we regard the improvement of the transparency and soundness of the organization management, and the establishment of an accurate and prompt management decision-making and appropriate business execution system as important management challenges. We will strive to improve our internal control system and compliance risk management system so that we can further enhance the corporate value of the Group.
Information Disclosure
1. Approach Policy
Aiming to promote fair, equitable, honest, and highly transparent corporate activities, we will strive to disclose the details of our business activities to all stakeholders in accordance with Timely Disclosure Rules of Stock Exchange and relevant laws and regulations such as the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
We believe that appropriate information disclosure and dialogue with our stakeholders will lead to the resolution of social issues and the realization of SDGs through our business, as well as the enhancement of our corporate value over the medium and long term.
2. Initiatives
The initiatives are as follows:
- Make timely press releases in accordance with the Timely Disclosure Rules of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
- Make legal disclosures in securities reports, quarterly reports, etc.
- Supplementary disclosures to legal disclosures will be made on the corporate website, etc. as necessary.
- Voluntarily disclose information in notices of convocation of regular or extraordinary general meetings of shareholders.
- Discloses information in English.
- Make effective use of voluntary disclosure to provide useful corporate information for investment decisions.
- Conduct open and effective investor relations activities, including company information meetings and individual meetings with analysts.
- Ensure compliance with insider trading rules and other information disclosure rules.
Corporate Governance Structure
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors acts as the decision-making body of the Company that makes resolutions on matters pursuant to the laws and regulations and the Articles of Incorporation, as well as important business matters such as basic management policies. Based on the contents of the resolutions, the necessary tasks will be delegates to the executive officers.
In principle, the Board of Directors will be held once a month in accordance with the Regulations of the Board of Directors, and all directors are informed of the notice and agenda in good time. In addition, the annual schedule and agenda of regular meetings of the Board of Directors are made known to all directors in advance to the extent possible.
In order to strengthen the effectiveness of the directors' functions, the Board of Directors will analyzes and evaluates such effectiveness every year, including its composition, activities, and operations. We have confirmed that the Board of Directors is functioning effectively.
The Group's directors, Audit & Supervisory Board Members, and executive officers recognize their fiduciary duties and responsibilities to shareholders, and will act appropriately in accordance with the Code of Conduct for the common interests of the Company and its shareholders.
Audit & Supervisory Board
By appointing the Audit & Supervisory Board Members who are independent directors to provide highly effective supervision of the directors and executive officers, the Group aims to separate the execution of business operation and the supervision system to achieve highly transparent corporate management.
Based on their expert knowledges and extensive experiences as corporate managers, the Audit & Supervisory Board Members will supervise the execution of duties by the directors, provide opinions on management policies and plans, and supervise any conflict of interest on the directors from an independent standpoint, as well as provide appropriate opinions to the Board of Directors.
In addition, the Audit & Supervisory Board Members will constantly collecting information from the Internal Control Office and the Internal Audit Office, and attend meetings of the Board of Directors to express their opinions, as well as hold regular Audit & Supervisory Board meetings to share information in order to establish a highly effective Audit & Supervisory Board.
Internal Control System
The Group has established an Internal Control Office and an Internal Audit Office, and has positioned them for an important task which is to ensure compliance with laws and regulations, internal regulations, and corporate ethics among the Group's directors and employees, as well as to enhance the transparency and soundness of the organization management, and establish an appropriate business execution system. The Board of Directors will oversees the effective implementation of these measures.
The Internal Control Office is designated as the risk management division, and in cooperation with related divisions, it formulates and promotes measures for risk management of the Group.
The Internal Audit Office conducts internal audits to ensure that internal operations are conducted in compliance with laws and regulations, the Articles of Incorporation, and internal regulations.