2017
Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop(Stakeholder Engagement Programme)

Supported by / Cooperated by

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November 13th, 2017

“Human Rights Issues by Sector v.6”
In September 2012, Caux Round Table Japan (CRT Japan) established the Nippon CSR Consortium as aplatform for multi-stakeholders in cooperation with companies, NGOs/NPOs and academic experts. The
Consortium organizes a yearly Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop where multi-stakeholders cometogether to discuss the relationship between business activities and human rights.
The 2017 Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop was held for the sixth year, over five sessions, in the
period from 15th June to 13 July. In the workshop, the participants identified sector specific human rights
issues with the use of Human Rights Guidance Tool developed by UNEP FI. The secretariat of theConsortium compiled their discussion contents and conducted public consultation on them from 10th
August to 22th September. Following consideration of the received comments, the Consortium hereby
releases “Human Rights Issues by Sector v.6”. The Consortium hopes that this document will be a useful
tool for companies in promoting their human rights activities.
This workshop applies the Chatham House Rule. The participants were free to express their views as
individuals, not representatives of companies or organizations that they belonged to. The sole responsibility
for the content of this document lies with CRT Japan, as an organizer of Nippon CSR Consortium.
We would like to offer our great gratitude for the participants from NGO/NPO, government agencies andcompanies, and those who gave public comments.
Caux Round Table Japan
Nippon CSR Consortium
Minoru Matsuzaki
Hiroki Wada

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Table of Content

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Preface .............................................................................................................................................................4

1-1.

Purpose of Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop ...........................................................................4

1-2.

An overview of the Workshops for Identifying Human Rights Issues ...............................................5

1-3.

Implementation Steps of the 2017 Workshop ......................................................................................7

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Notes for this document .......................................................................................................................82.

CRT Japan's viewpoint as the Secretariat of Nippon CSR Consortium...........................................................93.

Human Rights Issues by Sector v.6

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Manufacturing (Medical Electronic Equipment and Semiconductor)…………...……………..….11

3-2.

Information, Communication, and Technology…………………………………………...……….13

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Transport and Logistics……………...…………………………………………………………… 16

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Chemical and Building Materials……………..…………………………………………………...18

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Food………...……………………………………………………………………………...………20

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Consumer Goods (Cosmetics and Daily Goods)....……………………..........................................22

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List of Participants of 2017 Human Right Due Diligence Workshop …....................................................... 24

Appendix 1: Relevance between the UNEP FI and NGO/NPO and subject experts by Sector
Appendix 2: Report of Stakeholder Engagement Program in Asia

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1-1.

Purpose of Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop

The Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop provides an opportunity for companies, NGOs/NPOs, andacademic experts to conduct discussions for human rights due diligence1 set out in the United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights2.
In July 2011, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights were unanimously endorsed by the
UN Human Rights Council. The Guiding Principles explicitly and clearly set out that all businessenterprises have the responsibility to respect human rights. In order to fulfil the responsibility, the Guiding
Principles require them to carry out human rights due diligence that comprises process for identifying,
preventing, mitigating and accounting for how they address their adverse human rights impacts. In responseto the endorsement in 2011, in cooperation with companies, NGOs/NPOs and academic experts, CRT Japanestablished the Nippon CSR Consortium* in 2012 as a platform for multi-stakeholders. The Consortium
organizes the yearly Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop (Stakeholder Engagement Programme).
Through a series of dialogues with companies, NGOs/NPOs, and academic experts, participants can deepen
understanding of the specific contexts in which human rights violations can arise, of the relationshipbetween business activities and human rights, of important human rights issues, and of the importance ofpromoting business operations with due consideration given to human rights. We regard that this document,
which contains the content of the discussion in the workshop and the identified sector-specific human rights
issues, will be the foundation for companies to facilitate their efforts of human rights due diligence in the
future.
2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Companies

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48

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NGOs/NPOs

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Participants

68 persons

35 persons

68 persons

98 persons

73 persons

2017
Companies

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NGOs/NPOs

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Participants

67 persons

Human rights due diligence encompasses process for (1) identifying and assessing any actual or potential adverse humanrights impacts, (2) integrating the findings from their impact assessments and take appropriate action, (3) tracking theeffectiveness of their response, and (4) communicating how they address their human rights impacts.
2 Refer to: Human Rights Council, 2011, Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue ofhuman rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Available at:
http://www.ohchr.org/documents/issues/business/A.HRC.17.31.pdf#search='report+of+the+special+representative+of+the+se
cretarygeneral+on+the+issue+of+human+rights+and+transnational (Accessed Nov 10th, 2014).
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1-2.

An overview of the Workshops for Identifying Human Rights Issues

In order to assist companies in implementing human rights due diligence in line with the UN Guiding
Principles, the Consortium conducts discussions to identify sector specific human rights issues. An
overview of the past workshops is explained below.
In 2012, sector specific human rights issues were identified based on UNEP FI Human Rights GuidanceTool3. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (2013)” was released.
In 2013, the workshop explored sector specific human rights issues from the perspective of value chain.
The workshop was very useful for the participants in understanding how each human rights issue waslinked to activities of different departments throughout value chain. The final report “Human Rights Issues
by Sector (v.2)” was released in 2013.
In 2014, the workshop was planned and conducted in order to respond to public comments received in 2013indicating that “companies need to understand the particular context in which human rights issues arise”.
First, the participants examined 31 Global Risks outlined in the World Economic Forum Report4 and thenidentified 16 Global Risks which were considered to give the greatest influence on the sectors they
belonged to. Followed after this process, they explored and identified the interconnectivities between global
risks and human rights. This identification was useful for them in understanding how social andenvironmental issues were dynamically interconnected, and in understanding the particular contexts inwhich human rights issues arose. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.3)” was released.
In 2015, the workshop consisted of the two sessions. In the first session, the participants reviewed any
points for addition and modification on “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.2)” using the Human Rights
Guidance Tool5 (2014 revision) developed by UNEP FI. As the main feature of the 2015 workshop,
NGOs/NPOs and subject experts addressed emerging human rights issues in Japan covering sexual
minorities, the empowerment of women and technical intern trainees. In addition, the workshop was scaled
up from 9 sectors in 2014 to 11 sectors in 2015, discussing and identifying sector specific human rights
issues accordingly. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.4)” was released. In the second
session, a draft “Food Vision” for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics6 was released on the basis ofa series of workshops that brought together companies mainly from the Food sector, NGOs and otherstakeholders.

http://www.unepfi.org/humanrightstoolkit/fundamentals.php (Accessed on Nov 10th, 2014).
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2014.pdf (Accessed on August, 08, 2014)
5 http://www.unepfi.org/humanrightstoolkit/ (Accessed on July 10th, 2015)
6 http://crt-japan.jp/files2014/2-4-0olympic2020/pdf/Food%20Vision%20for%20the%20Tokyo%202020%20Olympic%20Games.pdf (Japanese only),(Accessed on November 7th, 2017)
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http://crt-japan.jp/en/In 2016, the workshop addressed the relevance between the SDGs and human rights issues. The year of2015 marked the following four significant events: Firstly, at the G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau Germany,G7 leaders pledged to promote responsible supply chains, and strongly supported the UN Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights. They also stressed the need to develop substantive National
Action Plans and strengthen grievance mechanisms. Secondly, at a Session of the United Nations General
Assembly in September, the SDGs were adopted. Thirdly, In the UK, the Modern Slavery Act was adopted.
And finally, at the UN Climate Conference in Paris COP 21 in December, the Paris Agreement was adopted
which will come into effect in 2020. Considering all of these events, the participants identified sector
specific human rights issues with the use of Human Rights Guidance Tool developed by UNEP FI, and they
identified priorities on the SDGs by sector with the use of the SDG Compass7 whilst considering the SDGs
and proposals for the SDGs submitted by NGOs/NPOs at the G7 Ise-Shima Summit. The final report“Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.5)” and “Priorities on the SDGs by sector” was released.
In 2017, the participants reviewed any points for addition and modification on “Human Rights Issues by
Sector (v.5)” using the Human Rights Guidance Tool8 (2014 revision) developed by UNEP FI. This year's
workshop was implemented to help companies recognize human rights issues particular to Japan, humanrights issues in supply chains in Asia, and trends of institutional investors in Japan. Compared to thecomposition of corporate participants last year, there were more corporate participants from the consumer
goods sector and food sector, whereas there were less corporate participants from the manufacturing sector
and infrastructure sector. Also, there were more participants from the human resource department andprocurement department. Lastly, over 70% of the participants were new to the workshop. The final report“Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.6)” was released.
As the outcomes of the workshop this year, "Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.6)" and "Relevance
between the UNEP FI and NGO/NPO and subject experts by Sector” (attachment 1) were formulated.
In parallel with the workshop held in Japan, at the same time, Caux Round Table Japan initiated the
Stakeholder Engagement Programs in Thailand, Malaysia, and Myanmar. The report of Stakeholder
Engagement Program in Asia (attachment 2) was released.

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http://sdgcompass.org/ (Accessed on August 15th, 2016)
http://www.unepfi.org/humanrightstoolkit/ (Accessed on July 10th, 2015)

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1-3.

Implementation Steps of the 2017 Workshop

The Workshop consists of the following four steps.

Step 1: Understanding the context in which human rights issues ariseCorporate participants were given a lecture on the particular context in which human rights issues
would arise by 12 organizations such as NGO/NPO. After the lecture, the corporate participants andthe representatives of the organizations discussed the given topics further.

Step 2: Reviewing and identifying adverse human rights impacts arising from corporate activities

Based on the given lecture, the participants reviewed any points for addition and modification on“Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.5)” by using the Human Rights Guidance Tool (2014 revision)developed by UNEP FI, and identified human rights issues by sector.

Step 3: Integrating perspectives from both corporations and stakeholders
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The participants presented the lessons learned through the workshop and the identified human rights
issues to the experts. The experts gave their comprehensive comments. The participants reviewed theidentified human rights issues based on the comprehensive comments, and submitted the outcome of
their reviews on the human rights issues to the Secretariat. The Secretariat then compiled them anddeveloped “Human Rights Issues by Sector (draft)”.

Step 4: Collecting Public Comments and finalizing our report

The Secretariat conducted public consultation on “Human Rights Issues by Sector (draft)” from 10th
August 2017 to 22th September 2017. Following consideration of the received comments anddiscussion contents among the participants and experts, the secretariat released “Human Rights Issues
by Sector v.6”.

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1-4.

Notes for this document

1-4.a

Differing degrees of awareness of human rights issues

The level of detail in the feedback provided by NGOs and expert stakeholders was not consistent, perhaps
due to differing areas of study and priority. Similarly, there were gaps in the level of awareness of humanrights issues amongst the corporate participants reflecting differing levels of engagement with human rights
issues. Each company and sector is in a different situation, and the level of outside scrutiny on humanrights may differ according to the company’s size and sector.
1-4.b

Scope of Study and Analysis

The workshop in 2017 does not include the following study and analysis.
The interconnection map of WEF Global Risks illustrated in “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.3)” is
not discussed or in the scope of analysis.

“Priorities on the SDGs by Sector” is not discussed or in the scope of analysis.

The manufacturing (Infrastructure) in the “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.5)” is not discussed thisyear, as companies in that sector did not participant in the workshop.

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CRT Japan's viewpoint as the Secretariat of Nippon CSR Consortium

In international CSR movement, there is a growing demand for companies to address human rights issues
within companies and in supply chain and report their human rights initiatives. Legislation to facilitate
improvement and transparency of supply chains continues to progress rapidly. For instance, there is a rapid
movement for the adoption of legislation modelled in the UK Modern Slavery Act in Netherlands, Franceand Australia. In the US, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 was signed in 2016. At theG7 Summit in Schloss Elmau Germany, G7 leaders pledged to promote responsible supply chains, andstrongly supported the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The 2017 Corporate Human
Rights Benchmark assesses the companies from industries - Agricultural Products, Apparel, andExtractives, and showed the 2017 result of their human rights performance.
Under these circumstances, many Japanese companies are unable to grasp and address human rights issues
including their own company and supply chain. This could lead to a loss of relationship with stakeholders,boycotts, and in extreme cases, a risk of business continuity. It is necessary for Japanese companies not
only to develop a framework, but to take an effective action to address human rights issues.
Also, in Japan, the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) signed the Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI). PRI elected GPIF’s Executive Managing Director and CIO, as a board member in 2016.
GPIF launched the roadmap, requiring companies to consider ESG issues in their investment and decisionmaking processes. At the same time, in preparation for hosting the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games
in 2020, the media began to put more spotlight on human rights issues in supply chain. The human rights
concerns that Japanese companies have in the supply chain have been expanded from the conflict minerals
issue in the electrical, automotive and precision sectors, to the palm oil and timber issues in the consumer
goods sector and food sector.
While companies in Japan have started to undertake their efforts for the United Nations SDGs, most ofthem still focus on how to create positive impacts. There are a few companies to conduct a human rights
due diligence, including addressing potential and actual adverse impacts that their business activities
produce.
Amid increasing social demand for Japanese companies to respond to such an above-mentioned humanrights legislation, the workshop was implemented for them to help understand human rights issues insupply chain in Asia, human rights issues particular to Japan, and trends of institutional investors in Japan.
Through this workshop, the participants recognized that their efforts to "LGBT9" and "promotion of
women`s participation and advancement" in Japan were behind globally. In addition, they could grasp theactual conditions of human rights violations such as forced labor, child labor at the upstream of supply
chains, and that these could be great risk for them.

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It should be written as “SOGI”. But, as “SOGI” is not the common term, we use LGBT.

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The lesson from the past workshops is that when companies address human rights related risks, they should
conduct dialogues with the people with human rights abuses and NGOs/NPOs to recognize their humanrights issues. After they identify the issues, they should address them by utilizing their high expertise andstrategies in cooperation with NGOs/NPOs. And at the same time, they should be held accountable for any
harm they cause and outcomes of their actions, as well as should enhance their transparency by disclosing
information in order to ensure legitimacy of their business operations. By doing so, companies can earn“License to Operate” and trust from stakeholders which becomes a backbone for corporate sustainable
competitiveness in the long run.
Also, CRT Japan held a global dialogue with human rights experts from domestic and overseas leadingorganizations and a part of the participants from the workshops in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar.
The experts shared their positive comments that the companies and NGO/NPO continued to listen and learn
from each other for six years, and this program assisted companies in conducting human rights due
diligence. However, in order to take further steps, it was noted that companies should conduct a direct
dialogue with people actually going through human rights violations (rights-holders). The participants wereencouraged to hold a direct dialogue with rights-holders in their company or by sector by utilizing thisworkshop. The essence of SDGs was human rights as a principle of SDGs was `leave no one behind`.
However, the experts mentioned that companies tended to focus on business opportunities (positive
aspects). Companies should understand the background and essence of SDGs, and implement human rights
due diligence required by the UN Guiding Principles. Regarding human rights initiatives and disclosures,companies shared that they became negative towards information disclosure when risks for information
disclosure seemed higher than risks for non-information disclosure. As a reason for that, they may not beable to fully address human rights issues. On the other hand, the experts noted that the companies thatreceived positive comments from stakeholders were the ones that shared what their human rights were andthe steps to be taken to address them. Although it was also hard for them to fully address human rights
issues, they gained trust from their stakeholders by showing their recognition of human rights issues andimprovement to advance a respect of human rights.
Nippon CSR Consortium will continue to provide a platform and collaborate with companies,
NGOs/NPOs, subject experts, and other initiatives to enhance support for solving issues linked to businessand human rights. We sincerely hope that the workshop will assist companies in taking an initial step tocarry out human rights due diligence.

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3. “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.6)”
3.1 Manufacturing Sector (Medical Electronic Equipment and Semiconductor)
Key value chains in manufacturing sector
Create: research, development, design Buy: capital investment, procurement Manufacture: production, manufacturing
Transport: storage, logistics Sell: sales and marketing Use: consumption, utilization Discard: disposal, recycling
Value Chain
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・ Long working hours may cause health problems, in particular mental health problems.
・ Progression of diseases by lack of health checkups.
・ Inadequate living conditions such as sharing one small dormitory room with several people, poor sanitation (shower, toilet,etc), building a dormitory on the facotry premises, and being locked up to control may affect the health of the employees.
レ レ レ レ レ・ Lack of protective equipment such as finger sacks, gloves, masks, eye-plugs or the spread of occupational diseases due to
not wearing protective equipment.
・ Health and safety standards in Japan do not conform to global standards. (emergency exit and evacuation drills)
・ Treatment of foreign workers in Japan (Especially awareness and training on health and safety, language barriers)

Discrimination During work

・ Risk of receiving inequal treatment in working conditions, training, and promotion. Discrimination against female workers
and sexual minorities. Sexual and power harassment.
・ Addressing LGBT issues.

Child labour

Minimum age

・ There may be possible risks of child labour and child trafficking through brokers in supply chains across developing
countries (e.g. subcontracting works). Workers in Asian countries may apply for recruitment by falsifying their age.

Forced orcompulsory
labourDeposits and papers

・ When recruiting foreign workers in Asian countries, recruiters may force them to hand over their ID (e.g. passport) and/or
to pay excessive commission fees.

Forced overtime

・ Long working hours due to excessive quota requirements may cause forced overtime.

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Transport

Health and safetyCore
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Supplychain

Manufacture

Workplaceconditions

・ Long working hours may become the norm in overseas factories, because the wage level is not matching local standards ofliving and the wage is caculated on the basis of piece-rate work.
・ Unpaid overtime work in Japan, long working hours.
・ Discretionary labor system ・Inappropriate operation by nominal managers
・ Different work conditions and wage disparity among group companies. Equal pay for equal value of work

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Create: research, development, design Buy: capital investment, procurement Manufacture: production, manufacturing
Transport: storage, logistics Sell: sales and marketing Use: consumption, utilization Discard: disposal, recycling
Value Chain

・ Differences in such as awareness of compliance with laws and regulations among the mergered companies with different
corporate culture.

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Non-state groups and security
payments

・ Potential diversion of funds, goods and services to non-state groups and armed groups (e.g. conflict minerals ).

Bribery and corruption

・ Potential risk of being involved in bribery and corruption, such as facility payments, especially at the time of obtaining
licenses and authorizations. [M]・ Possible risks of corruption when entering into a contract, customs of the manufacturing industry, friendships whencontracting and operating, as well as of being involved in corrupt practices when receiving orders from government. [S]©Caux Round Table Japan

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Security

Relations with
Health and safety
customers

Use・ Through audits by global companies, it is pointed out that labour and human rights standards do not comform to global
standards.(Safety and health, working hours, disciplinary system, union shops, margins to workers intermediaries, etc.)

・ Product development and product design, logistics, sales with low environmental impact (low electricity usage, easy torecycle) [C/U/D/T/U]・ Abuse and contamination of land and water at a factory or local construction site. [B/M/D]

Relations to states with poor
human rights records

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Use of natural resources

Society and Relations withgovernment governments

Consumer・ Communication and dialogue with labour representatives and labour unions may be insufficient.
・ Institutionalization and operation of labour-management consultation and collective bargaining may not be done
sufficiently. In addition, although the right to collective bargaining is permitted, negotiation may not actually conducted.
・ Workers’ rights in union shop may not sufficiently secured.
・ The rights of workers may not be sufficiently secured due to the prohibition of the composition and activities of labor
unions (including cases where trade unions are banned).

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Transport

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Manufacture

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Supplychain

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associationand collective
bargaining

Concrete issues

CreateKey human rights issues in the manufacturing sector

・ A new venture (e.g. plant construction) may be launched on the land where the government does not properly obtainconsent from local communities, including indigenous people and minorities.
・ At time of bidding for a plant construction and operation, the labour standard presented by a host government may notcomply with the international standards.
・ Offshore development[C], road infrastructures [T], waste disposal[D].
・ Contribution to positive environmental consciousness such as implementation of responsible marketing that takes into
consideration health and safety of consumers [S], and contribution to raising environmental awareness of consumers throughmarketing. [U/D]・ Potential risk to damage consumer's life and health due to defects in products/services provided to customers. [C/M]レ

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Value Chain
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Conflict with local law

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Forced orcompulsory
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sell]
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Health and safety
・ Long working hours may cause health problems, especially mental health problems.
operation/
・ Possible risks to health and safety due to maintenance and operation work at network facilities.
Supply chain[produce]
・ Discrimination in gender during work at office may be conducted[buy/create/produce/sell/discard]
Employment, during work,
Discrimination
・ Harassment during work may occur [buy/create/produce/sell/discard]
dismissal
・ Discrimination in treatment due to difference in employment forms may occur[buy/create/produce/sell/discard]

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Research
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Working hours and wage

・ In a series of value chains from facility construction to disposal, long working hours (including
holiday work) and unpaid overwork may occur due to urgent delivery and recovery for systemrelease and system failure [buy / create / produce / sell / discard]
・ Excessive workload or long working hours due to a tight schedule may result in virtual forcedlabor [buy / create / produce / sell]・ Forced labour may be conducted at the supplier of equipment [buy]CreateStakeholder

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・ Payment to non-state groups may be made. [buy/create/produce/sell]・ There may be violence against local residents by the armed private security guards at businessfacilities such as data center and business site. [create/produce]

Access to land

Title of land
Forced migration

・ There may be forced migration at the time of purchasing land for construction of business siteand data center. [create/produce]

Community investment

・ Positive actions such as correcting information gaps, helping people to make a better living, andimproving the environment through IT services and information provision[buy/create/produce/sell]・ Positive impact on improvement of the local infrastructure through the establishment of an ICT
network system [buy/create/produce/sell]・ Users’ social lives may be threated by suspension of service caused by electrical and technicaltroubles. [sell]
・ Provision of social infrastructure including communication services [buy / create / produce /sell]
・ Realization of universal access and universal design (all people can use information or
information communication system regardless of social, hierarchical, regional differences) [buy /create / produce / sell]

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・ Use of energy and water that take into consideration at data centre and business site (e.g. energy
saving, responsible power source management). [produce]
・ Negative impact on the lives of communities given by noise and odour emissions arising fromdata centre and business site. [produce]
・ Potential risks of environmental pollution caused by inappropriately discarded electronic
devices. [discard]
・ Conflict minerals may be used in procured equipments.[procure]

Security

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Use of natural resources(water etc.)

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・ Potential risks of purchasing conflict minerals through procurement from conflict countries[buy]
・ Potential risks of being involved in human rights violations by developing such as maintenanceand operation business in conflict countries [selling]レProtect and management
Relations with of personal information
consumers
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Freedom of expression

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・ Personal information/privacy may be leaked [produce/sell/discard]
・ Personal information/privacy may be collected and used without gaining consent [create/sell]・ Personnel engaged in the management of personal information / privacy may not be fully
enlightened/educated. As a result, their awareness of recognizing risk, protecting and managing
personal information/privacy may not be raised. [selling]・ Because awareness of recycling among consumers is not raised, recycling of rare metals andcollection of unused mobile terminals may not proceed. [discard]
・ In Big Data business, it may be possible to identify individuals, who could not be identified byindividual data, by combining some information and data relavant to them. In addition, suchinformation may be used without gaining a prior consent from customers. [create/sell]・ Possible risks of violating human rights by the improper use of ICT [sell]・ Violence on the Internet, verbal abuses, and pornography may give an adverse impact onchildren's development. [sell]・ Possibility to infringe on freedom of expression (premised that human rights are protected)[sell]●●

レ・ Potential risks of being involved in bribery and corruption in value chain (especially in ICT
service provision for government agencies.) [buy/create/sell]

Relations with society●●

レBribery and corruption

・ Potential risks of being complicit in activities of terrorist and criminal groups through the use ofcurrent and future digital technology [sell]・ Potential risks of being complicit in crime and human rights violations through the unintended
use of current and future digital technology [sell]©Caux Round Table Japan

Sales (businesssales, agent
sales), providing,maintenance andoperation

Consumers

Build

Society andgovernment

Producegovernments

Research
DesignDevelopment

・ Insufficient legal systems may cause improper working environment[buy/create/produce/sell/discard]
Relations to states with・ Land ownership of ethnic minorities may be deprived during land acquisition. [buy]poor human rights records ・ It may be difficult to decline the request from the state power to provide personal information indata center and cloud service [sell]・ Possibility to infringe on freedom of expression [selling]
Relations with

CreateStakeholder

Employee
Supplier (Procure)Business partner（order destination）
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Customers

ProcureConcrete issues

Buy

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3.3 Logistics and Transport Sector
Key value chains in logistics
Create: research, development Buy: capital investment, procurement of ships, vehicles, aircrafts, and fuelTransport: operation (storage, logistics, transportation) Discard: disposal, recycle

Sell: promotion, sales
Value Chain

Low wages

・ Wages may be lower than the level of wages necessary to support workers and their families.
・ Working hours may get longer due to expansion of mail-order markets, wages per unit of time may decrease.
・ Changes in distribution volume may affect business volume, resulting in failure to obtain stable income.

レ レ

Health and safety

At the site of the logistics and transport indistry, there is always a dangerous work such as loading and unloading heavy
objects, transportation, the use of large machinery/vehicles, and working in proximity to trains, aircrafts and ships. It is
important to make daily efforts to prevent risks from occurring in order to keep workplaces safe.
・ Occupational accidents may occur when handling heavy machinery or heavy cargoes at shipping vessels, terminals,
airplanes and airports.
・ Securing workers' safety in areas where piracy occurs is imporant. [shipping business]
・ As this industry has a high public nature, there is a possibility of secondary damage of occupational accidents whendisaster occurs
・ Long working hours may cause mental health risks.
・ Potential risks of causing forced and child labour, and threatening the health and safety (other than employees) in
supply chains.
In anticipation of the shortage of human resources due to the declining population, in recent years, human resources
and forms of employment have been diversified such as employment of temporary staff, senior employees, foreign
employees, full employment of contract employees, and implementation of short work and teleworking.
・ There may be unequal treatment in working conditions, training and promotion as various types of human resources
are employed under various types of employment.
・ Foreigners may be treated unfairly in employment and treatment.
・ There may be uniform treatment to workers without due concern for diversity.

DiscardTransport

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Discrimination During work

©Caux Round Table Japan

Buy

Working hours

Logistics and transport industries are a labour-intensive industry. Though it is anticipated that mechanization will befurther advanced in the future, laborious work of human beings will still remain.
・ Due to the volume of orders, long-term employment can not be made and employees may be exposed to unstable
employment forms.
・ Long working hours at sites and subcontracting companies may occur, especially in busy seasons.
・ Long working hours may occur due to work at late night and early morning to cope with time difference with othercountries.
・ Because this industry has a high public nature, unexpected long working hours may occur when disasters occur.

WorkplaceconditionsCore
operation/
Supplychain

Concrete issues

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sectorレレ レ

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Create: research, development Buy: capital investment, procurement of ships, vehicles, aircrafts, and fuelTransport: operation (storage, logistics, transportation) Discard: disposal, recycle

Sell: promotion, sales
Value Chain

レ・ Vehicles, ships, and aircrafts operated by companies may cause damage to the roads, harbors and airports where they
operate.
・ Disasters may damage infrastructure and disrupt logistics.
レ レ・ Efforts to promptly recover infrastructure such as roads and logistic centres after disasters, and maintain basic
infrastructure for local daily life (positive impact).

レ

Security・ Accidents may casue an adverse affect on health and safety of customers, citizens, and other stakeholders.
・ There may be exercise of excessive use of force by national navies dispatched to the pirate occurrence area or byarmed guards hired by a company to protect logistic centres with poor security.
・ Armed security guards on board may exercise excessive force against seafarers, crewmembers, and pirates (Shipping
industry).
・ Navy and pirates may violate the rights of local residents such as fisherme (Shipping industry).

レCommunity
Investment

・ Possibility to contribute to neighbors by cooperating in the operation of emergency relief supplies sites andtransportation of emergency relief supplies and support supplies to evacuation centers during occurrence of disasters.
(positive impact)
・ Possibility to contribute to industrial revitalization, tourism promotion, job creation, culture promotion andmaintenance of the local livelihood base by connecting people and goods and by long-term commitment. (positive
impact)レ・ Potential risk of being involved in bribery and corruption for example by way of a facilitation payment. [T]・ Potential risk of being involved in collusion, bribery and corruption when negotiating capital investment and routedevelopment with governments and administrations. [C/B]

レ レCommunity

Use of infrastructure

Society and Relations with
Bribery and corruption
government governments
Illegal dealing, Trafficking
Trafficking
in human©Caux Round Table Japan・ Potential risk of being directly involved in transportation of victims of human trafficking.
・ Potential risk of transporting banned goods.

DiscardTransport

Sell

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In addition to fossil fuels, diversification of energy sources makes a progress including non-conventional natural gas
resources and power generation by natural energy.
・ There may be environmental pollution such as air pollution, water quality deterioration and destruction of habitats at
suppliers of fuel oils.[B]・ Air pollution may be caused by gas discharged from many transportation vehicles passing through the transportationroute. [T]Use of natural resources ・ Oil spill accidents may cause marine environmental destruction.
・ Environmental destruction such as soil contamination, water quality degradation and air pollution may occur due toconstruction and use of transportation infrastructure such as a factory, distribution center, road, railway, port andairport.
・ The procurement and use of fossil fuels, and an inefficient use of resources may cause climate change and give anegative impact on people’s lives.
・ Potential for contributing to sustainable development by efficient use of natural resources (positive impact)レ

Resources

OthersConcrete issues

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sector

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3.4 Chemical and Building Materials Sector
Value Chain
Use

Procure(labour)
DiscardSell

Produce

Transport

ProcureResearch

Workplacecondition

Concrete issues

Development

Key human rights issues in chemical and building materials
sectors

Working hours

・ As a festure of B to B companies, there may be overtime work as they receive orders without due
consideration of resources (one’s company and supply chain).
・ There is not enough understanding on the degree of working hours management according to different
working conditions depending on country/areas (supply chain).

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Health and safety

・ There are relatively sources of risks in the workingplace environment as manufacturers use hazardous
substances (chemical substances) and large scale facilities (one’s company and supply chains).
・ Insufficient information provision on chemical substances from suppliers may cause health damage to
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employees and final consumers (one’s company and supply chain).
・ If outsourcing such as safety tests or functionality tests through people to partner companies with poor ethicalvalues, this may lead to human rights problems (supply chains).

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Disciplinary measures

・ Because the customs of disciplinary measures differ largely according to countries and regions, thedisciplinary policies which are already developed may not conform to the regions (one’s company).
・ Development of grievance mechanisms available for disciplined persons may be insufficient (one’s company). レ
・ The customs of disciplinary measures differ largely according to countries and regions, making it difficult tograsp the actual practices of disciplinary action at suppliers (supply chains).

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During work・ Cases of discrimination issues which are raised as social problems differ depending on region and time (forinstance, discrimination against sexual minorities was raised in the workshop in 2015). Elimination of
discrimination during work globally remains unsolved (one’s company and supply chains).
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・ A delay in the improvement of the working environment for people with disabilities may lead to human rights
problems (one’s company and supply chains).

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Core
operation/
Supply chain

Discrimination

レ レ・ Clear and acceptable selection standards may not be presented to the target person during redundancy anddismissal (one’s company and supply chain).
Redundancy and dismissal
・ Because adequate communication is not implemented based on the selection standars of surplus personnel,
this may take a legal case (one’s company and supply chains).

Child Labour©Caux Round Table Japan

Risks to children

・ Possibility in supply chainレ

Minimum age

・ Possibility in supply chainレWorking hours andconditions of employment

・ Possibility in supply chain

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Employment of young
workers

・ Possibility in supply chainレレ

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Trafficking in human・ The presence or absence of migrant workers is not globally and comprehensively identified. When forced
labour occurs, companies face great reputational risks (one’s company and supply chains).

Use

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consideration of resources (volunteer overtime work is regarded as overtime work) (one’s company and supply レ レレレ レレ
chain).

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・ Labour-management negotiations may not be properly conducted (one`s company and supply chains).
Freedom of association and・ Employees may not have a means to discuss issues related to labour without interference of companies (one’s レ レ レ レ レ レ
collective bargaining
company and supply chains).

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Conflict with local law

・ If labor-management negotiations are not properly conducted, there is a risk that production will suspend dueto the occurrence of strikes and boycotts. (one’s company and supply chains)レ レ レ レ レ レ・ Employees may not have a means to discuss issues related to labour without interference of companies. (one’s
company and supply chains)レレ

Use of natural resources

・ The industry may give a huge impact to local communities, as it uses a relatively large amount of resources
and has a potential for causing pollution damage by discharge and leak of hazardous materials. (one’s company
and supply chains)
・ Possible risks of water depletion due to the construction of factories and deforestation. (supply chains)
・ Possible risks of giving an impact on local communities due to the depletion of natural resources. (supply
chains)レ

Bribery and corruption

・ As extraterritorial application of laws and regulations related corruption has expanded, there is a possibilityof affecting stakeholders (employees and investors) by paying huge surcharge. (one’s company and supply
chains)・ Bribery to foreign public officials and excessive treatment for them, risks of payment to smoothentransactions, risks of receiving an order of business suspension due to not carrying out these. (one’s company
and supply chains)

Society and Relations withgovernment governments
Gov'ts with poor humanrights records©Caux Round Table Japan

Procure・ The presence or absence of migrant workers is not globally and comprehensively identified. When forced
labour occurs, companies face great reputational risks (one’s company and supply chains).

Freedom of
association

Community Resources

Research

Deposits and papers
Forced LabourCore
operation/
Supply chain

Concrete issues

Development

Key human rights issues in chemical and building materials
sectors

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・ There is a possibility that companies creates a risk of being complicit in human rights violations as operatingin countries that do not address human rights proactively. (one’s company and supply chains)
・ There is a possibility that gaining permits from the local government leads to a risk of being complicit inhuman rights violations (reputational risks and risks of being complicit in human rights violations caused by
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operations in countries with poor recognition on human rights) (one’s company and supply chains)
・ Profits may be squeezed as resources are needed to be invested for activities to raise awareness of humanrights. (one’s company)
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Value Chain

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・ Accidents during the operation of vehicles.
Core
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Employment

Discrimination

During work

Assessment andTreatment

・ Discrimination may occur during the recruitment process, based on race, gender, religion, origins including overseas,sexual orientation, disabilities, ethnicity and beliefs.
・ Foreign workers/workers may receive unequal treatment in access to safety education due to differences in languages(Using proper words and communication styles for disabled persons should be considered).
・ Insufficient safety training for temporary employees/workers.
・ Temporary employees/workers may be forced to unstable employment form.
・ Sexual, power, maternity harassment.
・ Discrimination may occur in assessment and treatment based on race, gender, religion, origins, sexual orientation,
disability, ethnicity and beliefs.
・ Unequal evaluation may be conducted due to remote / telework evaluation inequality and lack of communication.

Child labour
Elderly labour

・ Child labour under the minimum labour age may be conducted at a supplier of raw materials.
・ Children may lose the right to education.

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Forced orcompulsory labour

・ Forced labour against immigrant workers.
・ Illegal immigrants may receive inhumane treatment.
・ Exploitation of technical intern trainees and their involvement in dangerous work.
・ Slave labour in the procurement process of agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

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・ Freedom of association and the rights of collective bargaining under international human rights law may not be fully
ensured in countries in which unions are not permitted, or unions are permitted but poorly implemented.
・ "Transportation" is also included when overseas manufacturing sites are assumed.

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Freedom of
association andcollective
bargaining©Caux Round Table Japan

Conflict with local law

Discard

Health and safety

・ The health and safety of employees and workers may be threatened due to inadequate measures against work-related
accidents, handling of chemical substances including agrichemicals, and dangerous work in a process of manufacturing
product (including raw material procurement) and a process of research and development. (Employee = Perspective of
Persons with Disabilities)
・ In order to reduce risks, it is important to consider cultural differences such as color barrier-free (consideration of coloring)and direction of opening and closing the door.

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Workplaceconditions

Sell

Wages

・ Wage levels do not match the local standard of living.
・ Proper wages are not paid to workers due to the application of piece-rate work (Farms like palm and fishing ground).
・ Introducing efforts like fair trade effectively to the society enables to improve consumer`s safety and corporate value, as
well as pay appropriate wages to workers.
・ Improper low wages under the Technical Intern Training Program.

Transport

・ Long working hours may occur at all business such as in own manufacturing factories including those of suppliers, and forlogistics drivers.
・ Restrictive labor may occur to keep the delivery date in the period when production such as seasonal items concentrates.

Produce

Working hours

ProcureResearch
Developme

Concrete issues

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・ Deprivation of the rights of local people may occur due to the enclosure of agricultural lands.

レレSociety andgovernment

Bribery and corruption

・ In establishing factories and gaining marketing rights (marketing license), companies may be demanded for bribes toacquire lands and permissions.

レレ

Provision ofproper information

・ Incorrect food labeling may cause health hazard to consumers.
・ Incorrect understanding may be created by not informing consumers of the right knowledge on food.
・ Realization of provision of information that does not depend on language by utilizing "Pictogram" that Japan disseminates
to the world.

Responsible marketing

・ Improper marketing may lead consumers (especially minors) to develop poor eating habits.
・ Appropriate nutritional guidance and support for children in the place of origin can be realized with buying power.

Quality control

・ Inadequate quality control may harm consumers' health.
・ Intentional quality obstruction (food defense)

Relations withgovernments

Health and safety
ConsumerPrivacy Protection©Caux Rount Table Japan・ Risks of leaking personal information gained through consumer campaigns, mail order sales, and member registration(contractor is also considered)

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Title to land

・ Titles to the land of local people or indigenous groups may be ignored, especially when constructing such as fields, ponds,
factories/manufacturing sites.

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Community

Use

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Sell

ProduceレConcrete issues

Transport

ProcureResearch
Developme

Resources

・ Due to large-scale commercial agriculture, fishery and forestry at suppliers of raw materials, the community may face adecrease in agricultural production and catches of fish.
・ Impact on access to water and local ecological systems.
・ Risks of damaging culturally/historically/religiously important places for local residents and indigenous groups *This issue
Use of natural resources
is almost settled, so it is assumed that the priority to address this issue is low at present.
・ A single crop production (switch to cash crops) may cause the loss of a self-sufficient food system.
・ Construction of factories may limit the access right to water of local people living in proximity to them.
・ Water risks may occur due to climate change.

Key human rights issues in food sector

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Value Chain

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Conditionsレ

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Health and safety• Education on health and safety, including disaster drills, first-aid drills, and handling instructions on toxic
chemical substances may not be thoroughly conducted.
• Health hazard may occur due to Insufficient efforts to improve a harmful working environment to workers’
health (loud noise, vibrations, illuminance, room temperature, ventilation and exhaust).
• Risks of having pregnant women and young people engage in dangerous or injurious work.
• Workers may be exposed to danger due to aging buildings, illegal constructions, insufficient emergency exits
and evacuation passages.

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Harassment• Workers may be exposed to physical, sexual, mental or verbal harassment and abuse.

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operation /supplychain

Working
Conditions

Disciplinary measures

During employment
Discrimination During work
During use©Caux Round Table Japan• Improper content of employment rules may cause improper disciplinary measures and treatments.
• Grievance mechanism may not be put in place.
• Unequal recruitment/recruitment may be conducted based on disability, LGBT, religion, race, age andgender.
• Unequal treatment in opportunities for promotion, training and working conditions may be practiced based on
disability, LGBT, religion, race, age and gender.
• Unequal treatment in use may be practiced based on disability, LGBT, religion, race, age and gender.

DiscardWages• Pressure of cost reduction from buyers may lead to non-compliance with minimum wages.
• Frequent revisions of minimum wages in some countries may lead to non-compliance with minimum wages.
• Proper rewards for overtime hours may not be paid due to poor compliance with laws/regulations andinadequate labour management.
• Equal pay for work of equal value may not be practiced.
• Fair compensation according to productivity may not be paid.

Use

レ レ レ レProduce

Procureレ

Concrete issues

SellTransport

Research
Development

Working hours• Long working hours may be caused by (a) production schedules that presuppose overtime work, as well as
attempts to catch up to delays in production schedules in upstream supply chain, (b) low wages that do notmatch local standards of living, (c) piece-rate work, and (d) repair work of a large volume of defective products
or products which need adjustments.
• Long hours of work may occur due to excessive response for customers and increase of man-power by
ambiguous targets.
• There is a possibility that labor management may be inadequate, or rest days required by law may not be
intentionally given, and limits of overtime hours may not be upheld.

Key human rights issues in consumer goods sector

22Value Chain• Workers may be forced to work by violence, the threat of violence, or any other form of coercion.
• Labor contracts (employment contracts) are not explicitly stated in the document, and workers may be forced
to work under unfavorable working conditions.
• Vulnerable immigrants, refugees, technical interns may be exposed to forced labour.

レ レ レ• The formation of labour unions and collective bargaining may be refused without any legitimate reason. Poor
treatment or dismissal to union members may be practiced.
• Workers may get fired due to participating in strikes.

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DiscardForced overtime
Human trafficking

Use

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adverse impact on the local environment and health of local residents living in affected areas.

Terrestrial resources• Manufacturing products may cause an adverse impact on the protection of forest eco-systems.

レMarine resources• Manufacturing plastic products may cause an adverse impact on the protection of marine eco-systems.

レレ レ

Waste disposal• Leaving waste and dumping waste illegally may be practiced due to not using proper agents.
• Failure to tackle waste reduction may adversely affect the environment.

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レ レ レ レ レ レ• Bribery may be demanded when acquiring license at each stage of the value chain.

レレ レ レ レ• Responding to changes in consumer consciousness, developing an ethical market, creating positive action topromote a fair trade may be inadequate.

レ• Inadequate efforts to increase the quality and safety of goods, and to mitigate risks for consumers.

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レ レ レ レ レ レ• Inadequate efforts to improve the traceability of materials and products.

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レ レ レ レ レ レ• Insufficient efforts to solve consumer issues through innovation.

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Society and Relations with
Bribery and corruption
government governments

Relations with
Health and Safety
consumers©Caux Round Table Japan

Produce

Minimum age• Children under the minimum age may be working without verification of their identify, or based on
counterfeit identification.
• Children under the minimum age may be exposed to child labour due to poverty.
• Children may be exposed to child labour in places such as plantations.

Freedom of
association

Consumer

SellTransportCore
operation / Forced or
supplycompulsory
chain
labour

ProcureChild labour

Concrete issues

Research
Development

Key human rights issues in consumer goods sector

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4.

List of Participants of 2017 Human Right Due Diligence Workshop■ Company (23 Companies, 43 Participants)
Youzou Nakao

AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
Talent Development Group, Global Human Resources Dept.

Shigeru Sugimoto

ANA HOLDINGS INCManager, Corporate Brand & CSR

Kouichi Yokoi

NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Chief Manager, Human Rights Education Office, General Affairs Department

Hiroshi Kawahashi

NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Manager, Human Rights Education Office, General Affairs Department

Kazuhiko Ozeki

OLYMPUS CORPORATIONManager, CSR Planning & Administration Dept., CSR Div.

Motohiro Takada

OLYMPUS CORPORATIONManager, Procurement Planning Department, Procurement Division

Haruo Hatanaka

Kao Corporation
Vice President, Sustainability Planning Group, Corporate Strategy

Takashi Yoshioka

Kao Corporation
Manager, Sustainability Planning Group, Corporate Strategy

Katsuaki Manaka

QUICK Corp. ESG Research Center
AnalystHiroko Goto

QUICK Corp. ESG Research Center
AnalystJunji Kokubo

SHISEIDO CO., LTD
Group Manager, Environment Integrity Group, Sustainability Strategy
Department

Kazumi Azuma

SHISEIDO CO., LTD
Manager, Environment Integrity Group, Sustainability Strategy Department

Yasutaka Sakayoshi

DUSKIN CO., LTD.
Advisory Staff, Corporate Planning

Shinichi Natatei

DUSKIN CO., LTD.
Chief, Corporate Planning

Tokiko Soma

Toshiba Corporation
General Manager, CSR Management Office

Shuji Sonezaki

TOTO LTD.
Manager, ESG Promotion Sect., ESG Promotion Dept.

Eriko Takahashi

TOTO LTD.
ESG Promotion Sect. ESG Promotion Dept., Management Planning Div.
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Shibuya Sanshin Mansion 505, 29-33 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0031, JAPANTEL: +81-3-5728-6365 FAX: +81-3-5728-6366
http://crt-japan.jp/en/

Yoshiaki Takahashi

Toppan Editorial Communications Co., LTD.
Creative Director, Planning & Development Team,
Planning & Development Division, First Production Headquarters

Masano Imohara

NICHIREI CORPORATIONGroup Leader, CSR Promotion, Strategic Planning

Kengo Sato

NIPPON EXPRESS CO., LTD.
Assistant Group General Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility Division,
Environment & Social Contributions Group

Satoshi Ueda

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONManager, CSR Promotion Office, General Affairs Department

Shinichi Ikemoto

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Human Rights Protection, General Affairs Department

Naoko Nukiyama

NYK Line
Manager, CSR Team, Corporate Communication and CSR Group

Satoko Kita

NYK Line
CSR Team, Corporate Communication and CSR Group

Eriko Yoneyama

NYK Line
GHR Coordination Team, Human Resources Group

Haruka Yamada

FUJI OIL HOLDINGS INC.
CSR and Risk Management Group

Toshihiko Hoshino

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
Senior Expert, CSR Group, Corporate Planning Div.

Mari Kojima

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation
Manager, CSR Group, Corporate Planning Div.

Satoshi Arita

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
Manager, Corporate Communications Div., Corporate Social Responsibility

Naoki Usui

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
Corporate Communications Div., Corporate Social Responsibility

Maiko Tsutsui

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
Corporate Communications Div., Corporate Social Responsibility

Midori Abo

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
Corporate Communications Div., Corporate Social Responsibility

Reiko Abe

MITSUI CHEMICALS,INC.
Director, CSR Department, Corporate Communications Div.

Yoshiyuki Itoh

MITSUI CHEMICALS,INC.
Manager, CSR Department, Corporate Communications Div.

Hiroshi Kamaya

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Manager, KAITEKI Promotion Office, Corporate Strategy Division

Masaru Fujii

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Manager, Corporate Planning Department, KAITEKI Promotion Group
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Shibuya Sanshin Mansion 505, 29-33 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0031, JAPANTEL: +81-3-5728-6365 FAX: +81-3-5728-6366
http://crt-japan.jp/en/

Kiyoyuki Yamaguchi

MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
General Manager, CSR Promotion Department

Mihoko Yamamoto

MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
General Manager, CSR Promotion Department

Akiko Nagai

MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Section Manager, Social Contribution Promotion Office,
CSR Promotion Department

Naoki Kuba

MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Section Manager, CSR Planning Office, CSR Promotion Department

Reiko Ishimura

Unicharm Corporation
Manager, Environment Group, Corporate Social Responsibility Division

Mio Sumida

Unicharm Corporation
CSV Group Corporate Social Responsibility Division■NGO/NPO, Organization (17 Organizations, 24 persons)
Yoko Doi

Amnesty International Japan
Deputy Director, Fundraising Department

Kazuo T Kobayashi

ALTER TRADE JAPAN, INC.
Public Relations Dept.

Takashi Sawada

Kanagawa Worker`s Medical Cooperative, Minotomachi Medical Center
M.D., MPH

Miki Nishiyama

SHARE Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions
Development and Communications

Yuko Yamamoto

SHARE Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions
Program Officer, Migrant Health Program

Hiroshi Kawahito

National Defense Counsel for Victims of Karoshi
Secretary General, Attorney at Law

Emi Matsukawa

QUICK Corp. ESG Research Center
Principal

Junichi Mishiba

Friends of the Earth Japan
Executive Director

Hitoshi Suzuki

Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies
AdvisorRie Yazaki

Support21 Social Welfare Foundation
Learning Program Coordinator/Japanese Language Instructor

Kaori Kuroda

CSO Network Japan
Executive Director

Hiroichi Yagi

Secom Pension Fund
Adviser
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Trois Couleurs Co., Ltd.
Representative Director

Yoshiaki Okamoto

Cabinet Office Government of Japan
Deputy Director-General, Gender Equality Bureau

Yumiko Okawauhi

Cabinet Office Government of Japan
Director, General Affairs Division, Gender Equality Bureau

Noriko Kudo

Cabinet Office Government of Japan
Policy Researcher, General Affairs Division, Gender Equality Burea

Kenichi Kumagai

The ILO Association of Japan
Officer for Planning

Mariko Yamaoka

NOT FOR SALE JAPANDirector

Nozomi Kuriyama

NOT FOR SALE JAPANAssistant Director

Saul Takahashi

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Japan, Korea & Pacific Islands Researcher & Representative

Nami Kishida

Mirairo Inc.
Head of Public Relations

Okada Asami

Mirairo Inc.
Public Relations

Riko Tanaka

Mirairo Inc.
Director

Kensuke Ohtsuka

RainbowACTION
Executive Officer■ Cooperation
QUICK Corp. ESG Research Center■ Organizer
Caux Round Table Japan

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