Sustainability StrategyBusiness

Welfare Service
Business for Peoplewith Disabilities

ESG Initiatives

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Financial and Company Data

ASTOCO Inc.

BusinessP re-employment transition support program
Type B continuous employment support program
Satellite work business

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Value & VisionHelping People with Disabilities Find Employment and Participate in Social Activities
We help people with disabilities acquire knowledge and skills. At the same time, we help them find life stability and social relations so that they can find suitable jobs and become independent members of society,helping to resolve the social issue of a shrinking labor force.

Creating Opportunities for People with Disabilities
As the Japanese
ASTOCO’s Initiatives
workforce shrinks,
Matching people with disabilities withgrowing attention is❶ companies (Pre-employment transition
support program)being focused on theeffective employment
Collaborate with companies to receiveof people with❷ work orders (Type B continuous
employment support program)disabilities. During theCOVID-19 pandemic,
the social advancement of people with disabilities slowed temporarily, owingto a dip in job openings. Since then, the upward trend has resumed. In fiscal
2021, overall data on the employment of people with disabilities show that
this employment reached a record high for the 18th consecutive year.
Turnover is also high, however. Data from a 2017 survey showed that aroundhalf of people with mental disabilities left their jobs within a year.
(Employment Security Bureau Survey)
ASTOCO Inc. promotes job matching through its pre-employment transition
support program, and is working to reduce the turnover rate by providing
appropriate support after employment. In terms of corporate partnerships, weare engaged in the social farming business as a response to the shortage oflabor in agriculture, and we provide
support for personnel during theharvest season and other times ofthe year. In addition, the ENVIPROGroup is involved in the dismantlingof recyclables at recycling sites andsorting after shredding.
In April 2022, we divided Ecommit
Harvesting cucumbers grown by social farming

Azumino into Ecommit Akashina (a location focused on social farming) andEcommit Toyoshina (which will handle work in collaboration with Groupcompanies). Through these efforts, we are increasing opportunities for theactive employment of people with disabilities.

 usiness to Support the Transition to andB
Continuation of Employment
1 Pre-employment transition support program (Bright)

3 Satellite work businessWe address the problems companies face, such as difficulties in responding
appropriately to specific disabilities. We help to ensure a comfortable working
environment and secure jobs for people with disabilities.

ASTOCO offices
BrightEcommit

Bright Matsumoto
Bright Ekimae CenterMatsumoto

We provide people with disabilities who are seeking employment with acurriculum that helps them find employment and assist them in their jobhunting activities. We also support workers retention, enabling people toremain in work for a long period once they find employment.

Bright Saitama

Ecommit Fujinomiya

2 Type B continuous employment support program (Ecommit)

In cooperation with the ENVIPRO Group, local businesses, and farms, thisprogram provides work and wages according to the work performed. In thisway, we create a place wherePeople employed: Average wage:people who have difficulty
16¥22,033
working in general companies
Bright Ecommit
Users to datecan participate in society with(People)
confidence and gain a sense
15,00012,512of fulfillment as members of
11,622
11,041
9,955 9,577
society.
10,000This program has expanded
6,665
the scope of its activities, and
5,000
has now started growing
cucumbers and tomatoes at02020
2021
2022
Ecommit Akashina.

Ecommit Akashina
Ecommit Toyoshina

Comment

Creating a Brighter Place Tomorrow Shines
Kozo Haruyama, Representative Director ASTOCO Inc.

We are convinced that the social engagement that comes with working fosters personal
relationships and allows us to enjoy what is important in life. We would like to convey toour clients the support of welfare and the fact that the community is watching over them,and we hope they will develop the courage to “raise up their hands” in the community,
even when they encounter difficulties. To this end, we strive tocreate a healthy workplace where employees can fully
demonstrate their abilities and where each day brings a smile totheir faces. This approach brings high-quality energy to the people
who use our services. “The supported become the supporters.”

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Business

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Bright Innovation Co., Ltd.

Environmental Management
Consulting Business

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Business onsulting and solutions
C
Environmental DX (digital transformation)

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Value & Vision

Providing Consulting and Solutions to Help Companies Manage Decarbonization
We offer consulting services to support carbon-neutral strategies and the establishment of circular economy models, which are becoming increasingly important themes for corporate management, as well assolutions for the introduction of renewable energy, recycling, and the production of recycled raw materials.

Consulting and Solutions
Carbon Neutrality
Formulation of climate change
response strategy/long-term
visionFormulation of roadmaps for
reducing GHG emissions
Setting of emission reduction
targets (SBT)

Calculation of Scope1, 2, and 3
emissions
Calculation of products’
contributions to emissions
reduction
Introduction of internal carbon
pricing
Research on policies, laws, andcorporate rends related to climatechangeConsulting

Information
disclosure/evaluation
improvement

Vision/strategy
formulation

Research,
calculation

Circular Economy

Solutions

Decarbonization

We have been a CDP Scoring
Partner since 2017.

CDP answers, rating
improvement
Response to TCFD
recommendations, scenario
analysisDisclosure of sustainability
information

Introduction of renewableenergyProcurement of green energy,
creditCredit generation

Formulation of vision/strategy
Setting of circular economy
business objectives

Circular economy-related
research
Circular economy global
corporation benchmark research
Feasibility studies on theprocurement of recycledmaterials
Recycled raw material analysis
research

Connection between Consulting and Environmental DXDISCLOSURE INSIGHT ACTION

Environmental DX(Digital Transformation)

System for calculating CO2 emissions
Reporting systems under the Act on
Promotion of Global WarmingCountermeasures and the Act on
Rationalizing Energy Use
Circular economy platform system

ConsultingSolutions

Vision/strategy
formulation

Modelcommercialization

ResearchResource
circulation

Circular economy businessplanning
Support for construction ofdiscarded product/waste collection
schemes
Business partner development
supportBusiness cost analysis

Waste collection andprocessing
Recycled materials
processing/manufacturing
Development of applications
for recycled materialproducts

We offer a package of consulting services and IT-based
environmental DX services.

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Bright Innovation Co., Ltd.

Business

Steps for Implementing
Consulting

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 onsulting and solutions
C
Environmental DX (digital transformation)

Obtain the desired results(Examples)•Carbon neutral strategy•Roadmap for GHG reduction•Information disclosure based on the TCFD
recommendations, etc.

Internal review by client, consensus building (implementation phase)F ormulate vision for the future, directions for improvement, and action planUnderstand the client’s current situation and needs, clarify issues

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Provide the latest trends related to climate change and sustainability Support for writing and data creation through dialogue and collaboration
Practical consulting services that leverage our expertise, unique knowledge, experience, and extensive network

Helping Companies Become Carbon NeutralSupporting a Transition to the Circular Economy

As the movement toward decarbonization accelerates both in Japan andoverseas, it is becoming increasingly important for companies to consider
the impact of climate change on their business operations and torespond to the risks and opportunities as part of their management
strategies. Bright Innovation Co., Ltd. provides consulting services to help
companies manage their decarbonization management. These services
include help with information disclosure in response to the TCFD
recommendations, assistance in improving evaluations from third-party
institutions such as CDP, and aid in creating carbon-neutral strategies
and GHG reduction roadmaps. We also provide solution services to help
companies reduce their emissions by introducing renewable energy, andprovide total support from planning to implementation of decarbonization
strategies.
Bright Innovation, as a member of The ENVIPRO Group, helps companies
achieve RE100 by switching to renewable energy sources for electricity
consumption and installing solar panels on plant premises. In addition tocalculating CO2 emissions and disclosure of sustainability information, in
fiscal 2021 we promoted environmental management through assistancein CDP responses.

The concept of the circular economy and its importance are gaining broader
acceptance as problems such as the depletion of natural resources and theincrease in waste become more apparent. We provide consulting services forthe construction of a closed-loop circular economic model in which wasteproducts, including plastic containers, are reused as recycled raw materials.
In cooperation with the ENVIPRO Group’s Resource Circulation Business, we
propose recycling, remanufacturing, and other solutions. In this way, thecompany offers consistent services that help companies establish models fora circular economy.

Environmental DX (Digital Transformation)
In recent years, we have been promoting DX through the development of thefollowing two systems. Through these efforts, we aim to streamline andaccelerate our efforts in the fields of circular economy and carbon neutrality,
which have become increasingly important global trends.
1 Circular economy platform system

We are promoting the development of a system to track the process oftransportation, processing into recycled materials, and shipping of waste
generated from the emitter’s business site, as well visualizing theassociated CO2 emission reductions.
2 System for calculating CO2 emissions

We are also promoting the development of a system to calculate CO2
emissions for Scope 1, 2, and 3, visualize the reduction from the baseyear and the level of achievement against the reduction plan, andstreamline the management of these emissions.

CommentSupporting Decarbonization
Management through Environmental
Management Consulting
Norihiro Nakasaku, Representative Director Bright Innovation Co., Ltd.

Our company helps to realize a sustainable society through its Environmental
Management Consulting Business. Specifically, we help companies transition todecarbonization through the development of decarbonization strategies, SBT, Scope 1,2, and 3 calculations, TCFD compliance, and CDP and othercarbon neutral (CN) consulting. We also promote sustainable
resource use by providing circular economy (CE) consulting
services, such as building models to recycle waste, recyclable
materials, and waste products in cooperation with Group
companies.

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