2021
Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop(Stakeholder Engagement Programme)

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28th February, 2022

“Human Rights Issues by Sector v.10”
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 2021 Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop was held for the tenth year, over eight sessions in the
period from 8th August to 30th September. The participants identified sector specific human rights issues using
the Human Rights Guidance Tool developed by the United Nations Environment Programme FinanceInitiative (UNEP FI). The 2021 Workshop was held under a declared state of emergency due to the impact of
Covid-19, which became a pandemic. This document is the result of the discussions of the participants.
This workshop applies the Chatham House Rule. The participants are 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, and companies, 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 Workshop for Identifying Human Rights Issues ................................................5

1-3.

Implementation Steps of the 2021 Workshop ......................................................................................8

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Notes for this document .......................................................................................................................92.

CRT Japan's viewpoint as the Secretariat of Nippon CSR Consortium ......................................................... 10

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Human Rights Issues by Sector v.8

3-1.

Manufacturing…………………………………………………………………...……………..….13

3-2.

Chemical and Building Materials……………..…………………………………………...……….16

3-3.

Consumer Goods (Cosmetics and Daily Goods)..........…………………………………………… 18

3-4.

Food and Beverage………….……………..…………………………………………………...21

3-5.

Pharmaceuticals…………………………………………………………………………...………24

3-6.

Logistics and Transport………………………....……………………..........................................27

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Appreal………………...………………………....……………………..........................................30

List of Participants for Human Right Due Diligence Workshop …....................................................................... 33
Appendix 1: Cross-industry sharing and discussion content

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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 diligence 1 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 business enterprises
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 response to theendorsement 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 relationship between
business activities and human rights, of important human rights issues, and of the importance of promoting
business operations with due consideration given to human rights. We regard that this document, whichcontains 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

39

15

34

48

40

NGOs/NPOs

11

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17

17

14

Participants

68 persons

35 persons

68 persons

98 persons

73 persons

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Companies

23

17

24

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26

NGOs/NPOs

17

14

13

10

10

Participants

67 persons

60 persons

80 persons

60 persons

71 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 was linked toactivities 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 andhuman rights. This identification was useful for them in understanding how social and environmental issues
were dynamically interconnected, and in understanding the particular contexts in which 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 andsubject experts addressed emerging human rights issues in Japan covering sexual minorities, theempowerment 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 of a series of workshops thatbrought together companies mainly from the Food sector, NGOs and other stakeholders.

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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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 andstrengthen 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 humanrights 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 Compass 7 whilst considering the SDGs andproposals 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.
In 2018, given the raised concerns from NGOs/NPOs, the participants reviewed any points for addition andmodification on “Human Rights Issues by Sector ” formulated by the CSR Consortium last year, using the
Human Rights Guidance Tool 9 (2014 revision) developed by UNEP FI. As a feature of the workshop,
NGOs/NPOs raised globally increasing concerns such as marine plastic pollution, SOGI (sexual
orientation/gender identification), and the Technical Intern Training Program in Japan. Also, the subject
experts shared the trends of Japanese institutional investors. In regard to the composition of the corporate
participants, the participation from the chemical and building materials sector, consumer goods sector, andfood sector increased significantly from the previous year. In addition, the companies in the pharmaceutical,
printing and consulting sectors, which did not identify sector specific human rights issues in the previous
year, participated in the workshop. On the other hand, the companies from the manufacturing and transport
sectors did not participant in the workshop this year. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.7)”
was released.
In 2019, given the raised concerns from NGOs/NPOs, the participants reviewed any points for addition andhttp://sdgcompass.org/ (Accessed on August 15th, 2016)
http://www.unepfi.org/humanrightstoolkit/ (Accessed on July 10th, 2015)
9 http://www.unepfi.org/humanrightstoolkit/ (Accessed on July 10th, 2015)
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modification on “Human Rights Issues by Sector ” formulated by the CSR Consortium last year, using the
Human Rights Guidance Tool 10 (2014 revision) developed by UNEP FI. As a feature of the workshop,
NGOs/NPOs raised globally increasing concerns such as AI and human rights, AI and privacy, relationships
between climate change and human rights, foreign workers in Japan, grievance mechanism, and SDGs andhuman rights. In regard to the composition of the corporate participants, the participation from the chemicaland building materials sector, consumer goods sector, and food sector increased significantly from theprevious year. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.8)” was released.
In 2020, given the raised concerns from NGOs/NPOs, the participants reviewed the sector specific humanrights issues formulated by the CSR Consortium last year as to whether there were any
additions/deletions/correction points. This year, due to the impact of Covid-19, this workshop, which was
originally held from May to July, was postponed twice. In the end, we planned and implemented an online
workshop using the Zoom system from August to November. At the beginning of the workshop, thesecretariat and participants made some mistakes and were confused about how to operate the Zoom system.
However, they accumulated know-how on Zoom methods as they experienced the workshop. In the half of
the workshop, face-to-face meetings with adequate infection control measures were also incorporated, andthe workshop was conducted in a hybrid format combining both online and face-to-face meetings. Many ofthe participants were working from home for infection control measures, and the workshop truly reflected
the current work style. The final report “Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.9)” was released.
In 2021, as was the case last year, NGOs/NPOs and experts raised issues and, referring to the human rights
guidance tool developed by the United Nations Environment Programme's Financial Initiative (developed in2011 and revised in 2014), the Nippon CSR Consortium conducted a review of each sector to see if there
were any additions, deletions or amendments to the "Human Rights Issues by Sector" formulated last year.
Due to the impact of the Covid-19 since last year, the program was conducted in an online format using theZoom system. Due to the state of emergency declared during the period (June to October), most of theparticipants were teleworking, and the programme reflected the work style of the Covid-19. Due to theteleworking environment, some participants came from Chubu, Kansai, Kyushu, Tohoku and the UnitedStates, broadening the scope of the programme. This year's program covered ten themes, including humanrights and environmental issues that need to be taken into account as the shift to renewable energy continues,
the issue of forced labour in Xinjiang and Uyghur Autonomous Region, which is having a major impact on
global supply chains, proposals from Generation Z who have risen to the occasion of climate change, and thehidden challenges of resource recycling. As the outcomes of the workshop, the final report “Human Rights
Issues by Sector (v.10)” was released. "Content of cross-industry sharing and discussion" (Appendix 1) is theresult of discussions among participants in other industries on how their business activities have a negative
impact on the human rights of their stakeholders and how they should be addressed, referring to specificexamples related to "business and human rights" introduced by civil society.

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Implementation Steps of the 2021 Workshop

The Workshop consists of the following four steps.

Step1: Understanding the context in which human rights issues arise⚫

Corporate participants were given a lecture on the particular context in which human rights issues arise
by members of NGOs/NPOs and subject experts. After the lecture, the participants from the company,
NGO/NPO, and subject experts were separated by the given topics and discussed further.

Step2: Reviewing and identifying adverse human rights impacts arising from corporate activities⚫

The participants reviewed the sector specific human rights issues formulated by the CSR Consortium
last year as to whether there were any additions/deletions/correction points, using the Human Rights
Guidance Tool (2014 revision).

Step3: Integrating perspectives from both corporations and stakeholders⚫

The corporate participants summarised discussion contents and exchanged their views with
NGOs/NPOs and subject experts. After receiving feedback from the NGOs/NPOs and subject experts,
the corporate participants finalized their discussion contents by sector. The Secretariat then compiled
their work and developed “Human Rights Issues by Sector (draft)”.

Step4: Collecting Public Comments and finalizing our report⚫

The Secretariat opened public comments on this paper from 26th November 2020 – 29th December
2021 (Japan Time). Based on the discussions among participants, NGOs/NPOs, and experts, andreflecting the opinions of the public comments, "Human Rights Issues by Sector (v.10)" was developed
and released.

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Notes for this document

1-4.a

Relevance between business operations and human rights

In the beginning of this workshop in 2012, NGOs/NPOs did not have full understanding on how their socialand environmental concerns were relevant to business and human rights. Also, corporate participants did notunderstand how their business operations and human rights were relevant. However, through this workshop,
they have started recognizing that social and environmental issues are business and human rights, andbusiness operations and human rights are relevant.
1-4.b

Scope of Study and Analysis

The workshop of this year 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” discussed at the fifth workshop is not discussed or in the scope ofanalysis.

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

The period 2020-2021 marks a major turning point for business and human rights.
Global trends
In March, the European Parliament adopted human rights and environmental due diligence legislation forcompanies in their own value chains. On 8 October, the UN Human Rights Council (48th session) adopted aresolution recognising the "right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment" as a fundamental
human right, and discussions on climate change as a human right continued at COP26 in November.
In the meantime, civil society has launched lawsuits against CO2 emitting companies in many parts of theworld, and the oil giant Shell has been ordered by a Dutch district court to drastically reduce its CO2
emissions. The ruling, which made climate change a human rights issue, is forcing companies to incorporate
the environment into their human rights due diligence. The ruling symbolises a global trend towards greater
corporate due diligence. From the outset of this programme, we have highlighted environmental issues as
relevant to human rights issues, and this year's case highlights this trend.
In addition, Generation Z has emerged as a new movement in civil society. The generation that has benefited
from the current economic development, but has been left behind by the challenges of the past, is beginningto speak out and create a major movement with global links. We were joined by student representatives from
Friday for The Future to listen to their concerns.
In Myanmar, where the military regime continues to rule after the February coup, civil society is questioning
companies about indirect human rights abuses (promotion and involvement) by corporate activities linked tothe state military. The issue of state-sponsored forced labour in China's Xinjiang and Uygur autonomous
regions and the global supply chains linked to it (agriculture, solar panels, clothing) came to the fore. As aresult, it has led to the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting's "Forced Labour Elimination Statement" in October.
In fact, a major Japanese apparel company had its imports stopped in the US in January for insufficient proof
that its suppliers were not involved in forced labour.
Domestic Developments
In Japan, efforts on the Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP) (October 2020) led to a movefrom the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Justice and then to the Ministry of Economy, Tradeand Industry. In July, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) established the Business andHuman Rights Policy Coordination Office. In August, the government conducted a large-scale survey oflisted companies and other organizations on human rights issues in the supply chain, and in September, it
published a collection of examples of corporate initiatives as an interim summary of the survey results. Basedon the results of the survey, the government will now consider whether it is necessary to establish rules andlaws requiring companies to take action. The second Kishida cabinet has stated that it will encourage thepromotion of "human rights due diligence" to identify and prevent the risk of human rights abuses by
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companies in their supply chains. Legislation requiring companies in Europe and the US to take such action
is now in place, and there are concerns that if Japanese companies fail to take appropriate action, they could
lose their international competitiveness.
In the context of this government trend, this initiative is based on the "Human Rights Due Diligence" initiative,
which should be referred to, in the guidance on "Business and Human Rights: What Companies Need to Do
Now" published by the Human Rights Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Justice in 2021, and the"Important Human Rights Issues by Sector (Draft)" published by the Nippon CSR Consortium. We arepleased to report that the Nippon CSR Consortium's "Important Human Rights Issues for Each Industry(Draft) in Japanese" (public comments to be made at the end of 2020) was cited as a case study that should
be referred to, and has become a focus of attention.
Covid-19.
Vaccination has started in many countries and the worst is beginning to be over. However, challenges continue
to mount, such as the loss of production capacity in global supply chains, the availability of labour fortransport, the rise in resources since the economic recovery from Covid-19, and the new life with Corona.
Severe working conditions have been identified under Covid-19, including new issues such as mental healthdue to teleworking, and the working conditions of those who cannot stop, represented by Essential Workers.
These are directly linked to human rights issues.
The companies participating in this programme are continuously and sincerely addressing "Business andHuman Rights". In the business environment surrounding the aforementioned corporate activities, companies
have also begun to engage in human rights due diligence. However, the scope of investigation of humanrights respecting entities (rights holders) is often limited to their own full-time employees. Although anincreasing number of companies are carrying out human rights due diligence, including in the supply chain,
the methods used to do so are mainly questionnaires confirming the CSR initiatives of their business partners,
and do not approach the employees (frontline workers) who are the subjects of respect for human rights.
Some companies were also considering conducting human rights due diligence using various certification
schemes and social audits, but these do not guarantee meaningful engagement with rights holders and are nota substitute for human rights due diligence. Rather than ticking off human rights checkboxes in questionnaires,
audits and the like, companies need to dynamically identify where, for whom and what human rights andenvironmental issues are occurring across their business relationships.
Few companies are able to visualise their supply chains and identify and engage with specific vulnerable
rights holders.
As a result, there is a noticeable lag in the implementation of the Grievance Mechanism, which reaches rights
holders directly. We see a continuing failure to change the paradigm, as companies seek answers to theirproblems by extending the whistleblowing systems already in operation. The Secretariat feels that there is aneed to be aware of the difference in scope and stakeholders between whistleblowing systems, which focus
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on compliance violations, and human rights issues that extend throughout the supply chain.
Finally, it should be noted that dialogue is the essence of human rights initiatives. In this Programme, humanrights issues of concern are made visible from both civil society and business. As a next step, an importantpart of corporate efforts to address human rights issues is to engage in dialogue with those affected by humanrights violations and the NGOs/NPOs that support them in order to raise awareness of the issues. The
Programme's approach is to help companies take the first step towards carrying out human rights due
diligence, and is a gateway to doing so. When there is a problem, companies should work with theirstakeholders to use their expertise and strategy to address the issue and ensure legitimacy throughaccountability and transparency. By doing so, they will be able to obtain a license to operate from society
and ensure the sustainability of their business. The question is how the corporate participants in thisprogramme can integrate this approach into their corporate management and link it to their own human rights
initiatives.
While the global economy aims for open markets, the reality is that its expanding supply chain creates aseries of obvious and significant challenges to be solved. We are now faced with the challenge of shifting toa New Normal way of life, not "after Corona", but "with Corona". The answer lies not in extending
conventional economic activity.

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3. “Human Rights Issues by Sector”
3.1 Manufacturing Sector
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, maintenance Disposal: disposal, recycling
Value Chain

Working hours and wage

Concrete issues

・Risk that the minimum wage does not match the local standard of living, leading to long working hours.
・Compensation for leave and wages in the event that a child is forced to take an extended leave of absence due to a sudden closure of preschool orschoo (Not guarantee a proper place to stay if the guardian cannot take leave.)
・Risk of overwork due to production adjustments (priority on delivery)*While there is a request to increase production of daily necessities due to COVID-19, there is also a plan to drastically reduce production due todecreased demand.
・Proper working hour management is not carried out. Separation of work and private life (self-reporting).
・Appropriate compensation (wages) for labor is not paid. Not keeping track of hours worked → unable to pay
・Wage disparity may affect the future education of children.

Dispose
Use
Sell
Transport
Manufacture
Buy
CreateKey human rights issues in the manufacturing sector

レレレ レレレ レ・Overtime and long working hours, especially in Japan. Excessive working hours for managers (middle management).
・Inappropriate use of discretionary labor system and deemed management positions
・Disparity in working conditions and wages among group companies. Equal pay for equal work.
・Possibility of long working hours due to old production facilities.
Workplaceconditions

Health and safety
1: Physical, hard
2: Mental side
3: Health
4: EducationCore
operation/
Supply chain

Discrimination

During employment andwork(1)Workplace accidents resulting in death or serious injury, particularly in research, manufacturing and factory settings [creation/construction].
(1) Potential for work-related accidents while working from home (lack of safety considerations, health hazards due to different working
environments, disruption of the rhythm of life)(1) Living conditions that do not provide a minimum of space, such as dormitories with several people per room, inadequate sanitary facilities(showers, toilets, etc.), dormitories set up on the factory premises, management with locks from the outside, etc. may have a negative impact on thehealth of employees.
(1) Health and safety standards do not comply with global standards. (emergency exits, evacuation drills, etc.)(1) Ensuring the safety of employees and their families in COVID-19 endemic countries(1) Ensuring the safety of employees engaged in non-teleworkable work (manufacturing sites) under COVID-19.
レレレ レレ(1) - (4) Long working hours of parents may infringe on the healthy life of their children.
(2) Long working hours may lead to health problems, especially mental health problems.
(2) Lack of communication due to remote working may lead to alienation and exclusion from the workplace.
(3) Disease progression due to lack of medical check-ups(3) Progression of occupational diseases due to lack or non-use of protective equipment such as finger sacks, gloves, masks, ear plugs, etc.
(4) Treatment of foreign workers (especially in terms of health and safety, language issues, etc.)
Loss of training opportunities for employees due to long working hours.
(4) Differences in educational opportunities due to differences in employment status, nationality, race, gender, age, educational background, lengthof service, etc.
・Risk of unequal treatment in terms of working conditions, training, and promotion
・Discrimination against women and sexual minorities
・Harassment (sexual harassment, power harassment, and remote work harassment)・Response to SOGI (sexual orientation and gender identity) (renovation of restrooms and changing rooms, some companies have stopped including
gender on resumes)
レレレ レレ・Discrimination based on nationality, race, religion, etc.
・Discrimination against non-vaccinated people (forced vaccination)
・Discrimination against infected people
・Discrimination against workers may lead to discrimination against their children

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1: Minimum age
2: Addressing young
workers

1) Children may be employed in supply chains (subcontracting work, etc.) in developing countries, and that brokers may be using them asintermediaries.
1) Asian workers may apply for employment by falsifying their age.
2) Asian workers may be forced to engage in night work or dangerous work.

Employment

・Migrant workers (including foreign nationals and domestic migrants) may be required to pay excessive recruitment fees and keep identification
documents (e.g., passports) when hired.

Forced overtime

・Long working hours due to excessive quotas may lead to de facto forced labor.
・Negative impact on stakeholders may be given in the material production process.

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association

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・There is a risk that the rights of workers are not sufficiently secured in the union store system.
・In countries and regions where the formation and activities of labor unions are prohibited (including cases where they are prohibited in
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・In addition, there is a risk of damaging the lives and health of local residents in the vicinity of production sites, as well as overuse and pollution ofwater and land at factories and local construction sites, and depletion of resources [buy/create/dispose].
・The use of energy and resources that are assumed to have a low environmental impact when in fact they have a high environmental impact, which
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・Construction and operation of business sites may destroy local ecosystems.
・Risk of continued adverse effects on the global environment due to failure to review the environmental impact of business

Security

Payments to anti-socialorganizations

・Funds, products, or services may flow to non-governmental or armed groups in the procurement of raw materials or disposal of products.
(e.g. conflict minerals)
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・ Potential risk of being involved in bribery and corruption, such as facility payments, especially at the time of obtaining licenses andauthorizations.
・ Possible risk of bribery at the time of contract, customs in the industry, collusion (in the form of transactions / operations), risk of conspiracy tofraud at the time of government-related business orders

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discrimination or prejudice, or cause health problems due to false perceptions.
・Product services that do not take diversity into consideration may make it difficult for vulnerable groups to access them.

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・Surveillance cameras may be used for forced labor facilities or for sexual damage such as voyeurism.
・There is a risk of criminal use of social networking services.
Unintended use or misuse
・There is a risk of illegal modification for conversion into weapons such as cars and drones, or for misuse.
・Possibility of stalking by using IC tags.

Remedy・Human rights violations may not be corrected if the remedy contact points and processes are inadequate.
・Inadequate monitoring by a third party may prevent the remedy process from being effective.
・Reports may not be connected to the remedy process.
Development of Access to ・The whistleblower may not be protected.
Remedy・Current functions may become ineffective
・It is necessary to consider a remediation process that includes the supply chain, but this has not been done yet.
・Lack of information dissemination (absolute lack of information, lack of multilingual support, business practice factors) may prevent recognition
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Working hours

・Overtime is likely to occur due to orders received without consideration of resources and short delivery times associated with COVID-19.
・Insufficient understanding of the degree of thoroughness of working hour management in accordance with the different working conditions in different
countries and regions
・If there is a gap between international norms and the laws of each country, there is a concern that following the laws of countries that allow longer working
hours than international norms may lead to health hazards for workers.

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・As a manufacturing company that uses hazardous substances (e.g., chemical substances) and large-scale equipment, there are relatively many sources ofdanger in the work environment.
・Concerns that accidents during the transportation of hazardous substances may cause health hazards to those involved and to people living near the site.
・Concerns about health hazards to the company's own employees and end consumers when suppliers do not provide sufficient information on chemical
substances
・In the case of outsourced safety and functionality testing, if the outsourced company does not have a strong sense of ethics, it could lead to human rights
issues.
・In the manufacturing industry (especially in plant operation), it is difficult to introduce telecommuting, and since many construction workers come and go,such as during regular maintenance, there is concern that inadequate measures against COVID-19 may affect safe and stable operations.

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・Concerns that national/regional practices for disciplinary actions vary widely and that disciplinary action policies have been developed that are notconsistent with local practices (company)
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・Country/regional practices for disciplinary actions differ greatly, making it difficult to ascertain the actual status of disciplinary actions at suppliers

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Concerns at suppliers, contractors, etc.
(1) Concerns that appropriate wages are not paid in line with working hours(2) Concerns that wages paid to foreign technical interns are not understood.

During work・In recent years, for example, discrimination against sexual minorities and power harassment have become major issues, and it cannot be said that
discrimination at work has been eradicated on a global scale.
・Concerns about human rights issues due to inability to keep up with improvements in the working environment for foreign workers who do not understandJapanese and workers with disabilities.
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・Concerns about a mixture of consideration and reverse discrimination due to unconscious bias (loss of opportunities to work in desired jobs)
・Concerns about discrimination on whether vaccination for the COVID-19 is done or not.

Redundancy anddismissal

・ Illness and pregnancy may be a judgment factor without specifying objective standards, and implementation based on sufficient communication may not be
made.
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・Labor-management negotiations may not be normal.
when not permitted by・Concerns that employees do not have the means to discuss labor-related matters without interference from the company.
national law
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・Concerns about inappropriate use and disposal by suppliers (customers) (e.g., marine plastics)
・Because the industry uses a relatively large amount of resources and is likely to cause local pollution damage due to spills or exposure to pollutants, theimpact on local communities is significant.
・There is a risk of water depletion due to deforestation caused by factory construction and excessive consumption.
・The promotion of conversion from fossil resources to non-fossil resources may lead to violation of indigenous peoples' rights such as forced incarceration ofland and adverse effects on biodiversity due to deforestation, etc. Specifically, there are the following concerns
1) Concerns that the use of edible plants (corn, soybeans, etc.) as resources will indirectly cause price hikes and food shortages.
(2) Concerns that the use of biodegradable plastics and biomass fuels made from oil palm will contribute to environmental destruction.

・In cases where land acquisition is necessary for the establishment of a factory or the acquisition of a sales license, bribes may be demanded, and the landacquisition may force the original residents to change their living environment.
Bribery and corruption
・If the company is involved in corruption, it may be ordered to pay a surcharge or suspend operations, or its reputation may be damaged, which may indirectly
Society and Relations withaffect the employment of its employees (the company).
government governments
Relationship withConcerns about indirectly contributing to the occurrence of negative human rights impacts
countries with high(1) Obtaining permits, licenses, etc. and operating in countries with high human rights risks
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Remedy(2) Concerns about the inability to respond to the following issues in a timely and appropriate manner due to the wide range of value chains
・Concerns that consultation systems and points of contact are not set up in consideration of local languages, reception hours, legal systems, cultures, etc.
・Concerns about not being informed in advance of how to access the grievance mechanism and of the expected action and time frame・Concerns about the lack of visibility of the value chain
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・Review of grievance mechanism methods (establishment of a grievance mechanism that can be handled remotely is required in addition to the establishmentof a grievance mechanism that requires attendance at work (e.g., a suggestion box)
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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 inproduction schedules in upstream supply chain, (b) low wages that do not match 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 ofovertime hours may not be upheld.
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• Frequent revisions of minimum wages in some countries may lead to non-compliance with minimum wages.
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• Equal pay for work of equal value may not be practiced.
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Health and safety• Education on health and safety, 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.
[Emerging concerns due to COVID-19]• Being forced to work remotely and loosing a work-life balance may lead to long-hour work and overwork.
• Employees in occupation that would be difficult to work from home have to commute to work or store, which may increase stress against
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Freedom of• The formation of labour unions and collective bargaining may be refused without any legitimate reason. Poor treatment or dismissal to union
association, right to members may be practiced.
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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 at raw material suppliers (plantations, quarries, etc.)• Children may be exposed to child labour including temporary staff and contract employees.

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• Labor contracts (employment contracts) are not explicitly stated in the document, and workers may be forced to work under unfavorable
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suppliers and production contractors (residual risk of not grasping the actual situation)• There is a risk that human rights violations may be left unattended due to a lack of understanding of the actual situation by visiting andinterviewing foreign employees of suppliers, foreign technical interns, and training implementers (companies where interns work), which aresocially vulnerable groups.

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employees• Lack of expertise in dealing with LGBTQ issues, which could lead to human rights abuses being left unattended or could cause secondary
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Disclosure of nonfinancial information • Lack of adequate human rights due diligence and disclosure may lead to reputational risk.
(human rights)• The risk of inadequate measures to improve the quality and safety of products and to reduce risks to consumers.
• Inadequate communication of correct information may lead to inappropriate use of products, to the detriment of both consumers andmanufacturers.
Health and safety• Insufficient traceability of materials and products may cause disadvantages to both consumers and manufacturers.
• The risk of insufficient resolution of consumer issues through innovation.
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Respect for theindividual• There is a risk that personal information such as customer records, monitor data, surveillance cameras, purchasing behavior, privacy
information contained in cookies, and shipping addresses may be leaked, mismanaged, processed, transferred, or used inappropriately.
• Advertising and sales activities may promote stereotypes of uniform beauty, gender, generation, etc.
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regarding working hour management (unpaid overtime).

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・ Introducing efforts effectively to the society such like fair trade enables to increase consumer`s safety and corporate value, as wellas pay fair wages to local workers.
・ The wages of foreign workers may not meet the minimum standard of living. Housing for them may not be well taken care.
・Securing wages according to working hours (compliance with laws and regulations in each country)
・ Wages are not guaranteed due to factory operation suspension, lockdown, etc. given the influence of COVID-19.
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・ Unreasonable deduction from salaries that is not determined in advance (e.g., bathroom usage fees, etc.) have occurred and are notmentioned in detail on a pay slip.
・ The health and safety of employees and workers may be threatened due to excessive work, inadequate measures against workrelated accidents, handling of chemical substances including agrichemicals, and dangerous work in a process of manufacturing
products including raw material suppliers and a process of research and development (Employee = including perspective of persons
with disabilities).
・ In order to reduce risks, it is important to consider and address cultural differences and diversity such as color barrier-free(consideration of coloring) and direction of opening and closing the door, display of their own language for foreign workers, andsupport for heavy-duty work by using supporting tools.
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・ Insufficient precautions to prevent infections in the workplace (not limited to COVID-19, but also other diseases and infectious
diseases・ Insufficient precautions to prevent infection of children. Parents may abuse or neglect children due to the influence of COVID-19.
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There is also a domestic problem of employing workers without being aware of the background.
・ Safety education may be fully given to workers including foreign employees, disabled persons and temporary workers. Also, they
may receive unequal treatment in safety education.
・ Workers may be forced to have unstable employment form.
・ Sexual, power, maternity, SOGI harassment.
・ Harassing behaviour to people who tested positive for COVID-19 and their families
・ Insufficient support and work environment for people with disabilities
・ Manuals that support multiple languages, multiple religions, and consideration of the work environment are necessary.
Discrimination may occur due to differences in nationality and religion.
・ Discrimination may occur in assessment and treatment based on race, gender, religion, origins, LGBT, SOGI, disability, ethnicity,
beliefs, medical history (HIV etc.), care for family members, and Infertility treatment.
・ It is necessary to support life for foreign workers and their families, and to prevent isolation in the community.
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・ Conclusion of an employment contract is required. Employment contracts should be prepared in local languages, or in thelanguage of foreign nationals. (Global)
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・ Forced savings at the time of contract (Employers take passbook seal away from employees)
・ Support for technical intern trainees who have difficulty going home during the COVID-19 crisis

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globalglobal・ Due to large-scale agriculture, fishery and forestry at suppliers of raw materials, communities may face a decrease in agricultural
production and catches of fish.
・ Impact may be given on access to water, local ecological systems (air pollution, soil pollution, contamination by waste and plastic レ
waste), and lives and traditions of local and Indigenous people.
・ A single crop production (switch to cash crops) may cause the loss of a self-sufficient food system.
・ Reduced yield due to global warming
レ・ Impact on the living area due to the occurrence of natural disasters caused by climate change
・ Negative impact on community lifelines due to pollution (noise, vibration, foul odor, waste, etc.) associated with construction andoperation
・ Infringement of access to evacuation shelters in the event of a disaster・ Titles to the land of local people or indigenous groups may be ignored at the occasion of land enclosure, especially whenconstructing such as fields, ponds, factories/manufacturing sites, and waste treatment plants.
 Deprivation of the rights of local people may occur due to the enclosure of agricultural lands.
 The withdrawal of local factories and projects may reduce employment in the surrounding area, which may lead to a decline of theレlocal economy.

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

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government of the country concerned.
・ Expansion, business operation, and procurement in countries where occupational safety laws and regulations are not in place

レレ

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globalQualitycontrol

globalResponsible
disposal

globalglobal・ Incorrect food labeling (ingredients, misrepresentation) may cause health hazard/ religious issues to consumers.
・ Inappropriate marketing may lead to incorrect eating habits of consumers, especially minors and the elderly. (health damage
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caused by overdose of specific ingredients)
・ Inappropriate advertising and PR may cause more discrimination.
・ Insufficient quality control (storage conditions, hygiene control, process control, transportation control, etc.) and hygiene training
for employees may cause health hazards to consumers.
レ・ Insufficient measures against intentional quality degradation (food defense)
・ Waste (food residue, plastic waste, etc.) may not be treated properly, causing environmental deterioration.
レ・ Child labour and forced labour in waste disposal work may occur.
・ Risks of leaking personal information gained through consumer campaigns, mail order sales, and member registration.
Storage management, information processing management, information transfer management (including contractors) are required.

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Value Chain

Health and safety

Disciplinary actions
Excessive monitoring
Employment

Discrimination

During work

Redundancy and dismissal©Caux Round Table Japan

・Long working hours may occur due to concentration of clinical trial on developed products,
concentration of production due to approval of new products, increased production due to pandemic
occurrence, and product recall.
レ レ レ レ レ レ・Long working hours may occur due to excessive customer support.
・Long working hours may occur due to insufficient labor management based on labor laws of eachcountry / region.
・Wage standards may not conform to living standards in the local area.
・Proper wages for overtime work may not be paid due to non-compliance with labor laws of eachcountry / region.
レ レ レ レ レ レ・There may be unfair treatment (assessment, low wages) for non-permanent employees (including
foreign workers) and foreign technical intern trainees
・Employees' health and safety may be harmed due to dangerous work at research and development
sites, handling of animals, cells, compounds or pharmaceuticals, and insufficient occupational safety
and health (defective protective equipment, insufficient education, etc.)
・ Incomplete SDS may jeopardize health and safety of employees and transport workers.
レ レ レ レ レ レ・ Description of instructions, signs and others may not be correctly understood by all the workers,
which may jeopardize health and safety.
・Health and mental damage may occur due to long working hours and social isolation.
・During the clinical development stage of pharmaceutical production, the health and safety ofsubjects may not be managed properly due to poor ethics of contract research organizations.
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Moreover, improper involvement in clinical data may occur.
・Unfair disciplinary actions may be executed by companies.
・Unfair disciplinary actions may be executed due to the fact that no whistle-blower system has been レ レ レ レ レ レ
established.
・Excessive monitoring of employees and control of their working conditions.
レ レ レ レ レ レ・Discrimination may occur based on characteristic or attribute such as birthplace, nationality, sex,
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SOGI, age, race, belief, religion, and presence of disease.
・Harassment (sexual harassment, power harassment, maternity harassment, SOGI harassment)
・Discrimination in employment form may occur based on gender, birthplace, nationality, age, race,
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religion, SOGI, presence of disease.
・Unstable employment form may be forced.
・Organized dismissal may occur based on race, sex, SOGI, age, belief, religion, presence of disease.
レ レ レ レ レ レ・Unfair pressure may be given based on differences in employment form.

DisposeHealth and safetyCore
operation/
Supply chain

ProcureWorking
conditions

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Wage

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Working hours

Concrete Issues

Research

Key human rights issues in pharmaceutical sector

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Dispose

ProcureConsumeSell
Transport
ProduceChild labour

Legal compliance toemployment age
Employment anddangerous work under 18
years of age

・Child labor under the minimum age of each country may occur.
・The following problems may arise if young workers under the age of 18 are hired.
- Loss of educational opportunities- Exploitation- Mental and physical damage

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labourForced or compulsory
labour・Immigrants, refugees, non-permanent workers including foreign workers, foreign technical interntrainees may be exposed to forced labour by being taken disadvantage of their vulnerable positions.

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association andcollective
bargaining
Resources

Community

DevelopCore
operation/
Supply chain

Concrete Issues

Research

Key human rights issues in pharmaceutical sector

Environmental
impact ofpharmaceuticalproducts

・ Participation in labor unions and similar organizations may be obstructed due to retaliation,
Freedom of association andintimidation or harassment from business people. The opportunity for labor-management consultation レ レ レ レ レ レ
collective bargaining
is not substantially secured.
・ Freedom of association and collective bargaining rights (in accordance with international law) may
Measures not permitted by
not be ensured in countries where trade unions and similar organizations are not recognized ornot
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domestic law
applied in practice even if recognized.
Use of natural resources
・Bio-piracy may occur in sourcing natural compounds that are essential for drug development.
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Health and safety

Local residence Right of residence
Operations in preand post conflict Product supply risk
countries
Entry post
Product supply risk
conflict
Relations with
Bribery andgovernments
corruption©Caux Round Table Japanレレ・The environment may be polluted by a leakage of animals, cells, pharmaceutical products andchemical compounds to nature.
・The health of residents may be harmed due to the environmental pollution. And, the environmental レ
pollution may spread to animals and plants that residents live on.
・ Abuse of water and land in factories and local construction sites.

レ レ・ Forced eviction due to new construction of factories, etc.
・ Effects on local communities due to inadequate disaster prevention measures at factories, offices,
etc.

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・Products may not be provided to people in needed due to unstable social situations.

レ レ レ レ レ レ レ レ・Products may not be provided to people in needed due to unstable social situations.

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Relations with authorities

・Illegal acts may be conducted for authorities (central governments and local governments) to makea smooth approval for manufacturing and selling.

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Relations with medical
persons (including
researchers)

・Falsified data on research, clinical trials and prescription. Illegal acts may be conducted to request
to create data that gives advantage in sales and promotion.

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Relations with publicwith poor humanpoliciesrights awarenessレ・Company’s support for national / local public health measures may be used for propaganda byauthorities with poor human rights awareness, and for individuals with political beliefs.
・Improper treatments may be given due to insufficient governmental counter measures against
counterfeit medicines.

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Health and safety

Response to rare diseases

Public health

Actions to pandemic

Others

Personal
information©Caux Round Table Japan

Management of healthinformation of individuals

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DisposeRelations withpatients

・Appropriate remedy may not be provided due to insufficient or undeveloped systems.

ProcureConsumers

Relationship with patientsand study subjects
Employee and Supply

ConsumeSell
Transport
Produce

Grievance

Develop

Access to
RemedyConcrete Issues

Research

Key human rights issues in pharmaceutical sector

レ・Appropriate remedy may not be provided due to insufficient or undeveloped systems.
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・Risk of health hazards due to abuse and misuse.
レレ・Risk of health hazards due to delayed reporting of adverse drug reactions.
レ レ・Injuries due to product defects or accidents during handling (including doctors, nurses,
レ レ・Risk of using investigational or therapeutic drugs on patients without sufficient prior explanation.
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・Risk of health damage to patients due to side effects of medication or incorrect medication.
レ・Damage to the environment and human health due to inappropriate disposal of unused medicines
and used medicines by patients (in the U.S. and other countries, flushing medicines down the toilet isレ レ
considered a problem).
・ Risk of taking inappropriate prescription and treatment due to exaggerated PR of productレ レ・Risk of not being able to provide medicines in a timely and appropriate manner due to depopulationレレ
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of the region and reduced access to healthcare caused by changes in the supply-demand balance.
・ Risk that the drug are not approved and marketed in the country in question, despite clinical trials,
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and are not reach patients.
・ Risk of being forced to take vaccinations, and the risk of human rights violations by not taking
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vaccinations.
・Medicines may not be approved and sold to patients in a certain country despite conducting clinicalレレ
trials.
・New pandemic virus may endanger lives of people and deteriorate the public health ofレ レ レ レ レ レ レ・Social unrest and security deterioration caused by pandemic may hinder business activities andレ レ レ レmake it difficult for drugs to be supplied.
・Production of therapeutic products may be delayed due to manufacturing efficiency when
レ レ レ レpandemics occur.
・ Inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents may lead to an increase in infections caused by AMR(Antimicrobial Resistance) bacteria that are ineffective against existing antimicrobial agents, leading
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to deterioration of public health and endangering human life.
・ The risk that personal information, including personal health records (including genetic
information), may be leaked or misused to identify individuals or violate their privacy.
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3.6 Logistics and Transport Sector
Key value chains in logistics
Create: research, development Buy: capital investment, procurement of ships, vehicles, aircrafts, and fuel Sell: promotion, sales
Transport: operation (storage, logistics, transportation) Dispose: disposal, recycle
Value Chain

DisposeSell

TranspoLow wages

Logistics and transport industries are a labour-intensive industry. Though it is anticipated that mechanization will be further 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 other countries.
・ Because this industry has a high public nature, unexpected long working hours may occur when disasters occur.
・ Working remotely may make it difficult to maintain work-life balance・ From the aspect of having a certain public interest, overwork and long working hours may occur due to the demand for nesting in theCovid-19 and traffic restrictions during the Olympics.
・ Low wages maynot meet the living standard for workers and their families.
・ Working hours may get longer due to expansion of mail-order markets, wages per unit of time may decrease.
・ The pandemic affected distribution volume and overal business volume, resulting in failure to obtain stable income.
・ If performance increases under Covid-19, employees may lose motivation because their wages are not commensurate with their efforts
and they are not rewarded with special compensation, etc.

Buy

Working hours

Concrete issues

CreateKey human rights issues in logistics andtransport sector

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At the site of the logistics and transport industry, there is always 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 andairports.
・ Securing workers' safety in areas of piracy occurrence and regions with geopolitical risks, such as the Straits of Holmes.

Core
Workplace
operation/
conditions
Supply chain

Health andsafety[shipping business]
・ Due to the highly public nature of the business, there is a risk of secondary damage from industrial accidents in the event of a disaster.
・ Risk of mental health problems due to long working hours
・ Threats to health and safety, child labor and forced labor in the company's supply chain (in addition to employees)
・ Risk of increased mental health problems due to telecommuting (signs are not easily visible to others)
・ The risk of infection due to inadequate countermeasures against infectious diseases, including Covid-19, in workplaces where
telecommuting is difficult.
・ There is a risk of health hazards due to a shortage of fresh food stock if the ship is unexpectedly delayed for a long time due to the
Covid-19 or if the voyage continues.
・ As passenger demand slows due to the corona disaster and the number of employees being transferred outside the company expands asa measure to maintain employment, changes in the working environment could lead to mental health problems among employees and a
decline in their motivation.

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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, the disabled, 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
Employment
under various types of employment.
Environment
・ Foreigners may be treated unfairly in employment and treatment. (They are more likely to experience such unequal treatments under
Discrimination
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andthese uncertain times)
Requirement
・ There may be uniform treatment to workers without due concern for diversity (SOGI).
・ Discrimination against people who tested positive for COVID-19.
Core・ Employment environment and treatment of senior workers (through employment extension and retirement age extension
operation/systems)(problems with senior drivers)
Supply chain
・ Prejudice and discrimination against unvaccinated employees may occur.
(Domestic)
・There is a risk that foreign nationals employed under the technical internship system will be subjected to unfair treatment (forced long
working hours, unpaid wages, unfair deductions from salaries, etc.).
Employment
Foreign・Discrimination in hiring foreign technical interns based on whether or not they have been vaccinated (e.g., forcing them to be
Environment
レレWorkers
vaccinated in the workplace, giving priority to those who have been vaccinated).
and Conditions(Overseas)
・There is a risk of human rights abuses such as child labor and forced labor occurring at business partners in overseas supply chains.
・There is a risk of non-payment of wages for work performed prior to regular employment.
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 fueloils.[B]・ Air pollution may be caused by gas discharged from many transportation vehicles passing through the transportation route. [T]・ Oil spill accidents may cause marine environmental destruction.
・ Environmental destruction such as soil contamination, water quality degradation and air pollution may occur due to construction anduse of transportation infrastructure such as a factory, distribution center, road, railway, port and airport.
Use of naturalレレ・ The procurement and use of fossil fuels, and an inefficient use of resources may cause climate change and give a negative impact on
resources
people’s lives.
・ Potential for contributing to sustainable development by efficient use of natural resources (positive impact)・ In the procurement stage of ingredients necessary for operations, human rights may be threatened in water and sanitation in the area of
procurement. [Aircraft]
Resources
・ The use of SAF fuel (aviation biofuel), which is positioned as a renewable alternative aviation fuel, may result in passengers having tobear the relatively high cost of such fuel.
・ Measures to reduce emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, etc. by switching fuels or installing scrubbers on ships in operation inaccordance with Sox and Nox regulations [Shipping].
Community
・ 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.
・ Efforts to promptly recover infrastructure such as roads and logistic centers after disasters, and maintain basic infrastructure for local
daily life (positive impact).
Use of・ In addition to the shortage of human resources in the domestic labor market, there is a risk that cargo stopped due to the dockers' strike レ レレ
infrastructure
may affect customers or the supply chain.
・ Airport handling operations for foreign flights, which are expected to increase further in the future, will have to be handled in a shortperiod of time due to the demand from the government. In addition to the shortage of human resources in the domestic labor market, if it
becomes difficult to hire foreign workers, it may become difficult to maintain air traffic operations [Aviation industry].
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・ Accidents may cause an adverse effect 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 and regions withgeopolitical risks or by armed guards hired by a company to protect logistic centers 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 fishermen (Shipping industry).
・ Risk of contamination of foreign substances in foods and products passed on to general consumers at food factories and foodwarehouses (Food Defense [Food Warehousing and Food Logistics])

SecuritySociety and Relations withgovernment governments

Othersレ・ Possibility to contribute to neighbors by cooperating in the operation of emergency relief supplies sites and transportation of emergency
relief supplies and support supplies to evacuation centers during occurrence of disasters. (positive impact)
レ・ Possibility to contribute to industrial revitalization, tourism promotion, job creation, culture promotion and maintenance of the local
livelihood base by connecting people and goods and by long-term commitment. (positive impact)

レ レTransportation

・ Unnecessary stresses may be caused when various customers use public transportation [Airline]
・ Risk of leakage of personal information / privacy customers provide to us
・ Customers' risk of getting infected with the coronavirus
・ The introduction of the Vaccine Passport may restrict services.

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Bribery andcorruption

・ 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 route development withgovernments and administrations. [C/B]

Community
Community
Investment

Customers

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Illegal dealing, Human
Trafficking
trafficking

・ Potential risk of being directly involved in transportation of victims of human trafficking.
・ Potential risk of transporting banned goods.
・ Risk of unintentional and indirect involvement in transport of persons involved in child prostitution and organ sales. [Airline]

Digitization

・ Technological evolution (AI, IoT, etc.) may cause unforeseen privacy / human rights issues, and cyber terrorism.
・ Digital divide (Who can and can not benefit from digitalization)
レ レ レ レ レ・ Introduction of AI in the transportation flow, elimination of manpower shortage and human error by IT, and possible reduction of crew.

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Apparel (clothing)

Creation: Research, development, design, and design Purchase: Construction of facilities, procurement (fabrics, sub-materials) Manufacturing: Production, manufacturing (sewing)Transportation: Storage, logistics Sales: Sales, marketing, retailing Use: Consumption, utilization, maintenance, packaging (wrapping) Disposal: Disposal, recycling, waste plastic
Value chain

Working hours

Wages
Business / Treatment in
Supply Chain the workplace

Health and Safety

Concrete issues

DiscardUse
Sales
Transport
Manufacturi
Purchase
Creation

Key human rights issues in apparel sector

・There is a risk of long working hours due to (a) a production plan that incorporates overtime work or a situation
where the sewing site absorbs delays in the upstream plan, (b) a wage level that does not match the local standard ofliving, (c) a piece-rate wage system, or (d) factory reasons such as a large volume of defective or reworked products.
・ Due to inappropriate work management, there is a risk that the legally stipulated days off will not be granted orthat overtime limits will not be observed.
・ Labor standards violations may be occurring due to lack of understanding of technical intern trainees' actual work レ レ レ レ レ
conditions (Japan)
・ The possibility of insufficient support for technical intern trainees due to lack of support in the local language(Japan)・ Overtime work, overwork by managers, and overwork by deemed managers (Japan)
・ Overwork due to telework (Japan)
・Pressure from buyers to reduce costs may result in non-compliance with the minimum wage.
・ In some countries, the minimum wage is revised frequently, and there is a risk that the minimum wage will not becomplied with.
・Inadequate compliance with laws and regulations or inadequate work management that may result in
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inappropriate compensation for overtime work
・Risk of not being paid fair remuneration based on productivity
・The issue of equal pay for equal work by regular and irregular workers (salesperson)
・There is a risk that safety and health training, including disaster prevention training, first aid training, andhandling of hazardous chemicals, will not be thoroughly implemented.
・ There is a risk that health hazards may occur due to lack of measures to deal with work environments that areharmful to health (noise, vibration, illumination, room temperature, ventilation, local exhaust, etc.).
・Risk of causing pregnant women, young women, and others to engage in dangerous or harmful work
・Personal protective equipment (PPE) is not provided in dangerous or hazardous workplaces, and appropriate
education and training is not provided, which may cause harm to workers.
・Machinery and equipment that are required to be inspected are not inspected, and there is a risk of harm to
レ レ レ レレ
workers.
・Risk of harm to workers due to inadequate safety and protective devices in machinery and equipment.
・Aging buildings, illegal construction, emergency exits, evacuation routes, etc. are in illegal conditions and may
cause harm to workers.
・Risk of accidents or health hazards due to improper storage of chemical substances
・Risk of mental health problems (risk of mental health problems) such as anxiety and stress about infection amongproduction workers who cannot telework (Japan)
・ Leakage of personal information may cause psychological problems due to invasion of privacy.

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・The risk of unfair contracts being entered into with non-regular employees without proper explanation (e.g. unfair レ レ レ レ レ
dismissal)
・Possibility of unequal recruitment and hiring with restrictions on nationality, race, religion, gender and age.
・Possibility of unequal treatment in terms of working conditions, training and promotion opportunities because of
When hired
gender and age (disrespect for women).
Discrimination At Work・Possibility of harassment with disregard for diversity
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Diversity
・ Possibility of unequal treatment for LGBTQ people
・Risk of discrimination in recruitment due to disability or illness
・ Risk of privacy breaches and discrimination in recruitment due to personal data leaks
Business /・The risk of child labour being carried out under the minimum age without checking identification or on the basis
Supply Chainof forged identification.
Child Labour Minimum age
レ レ レ レレ・There is a risk that children may be working in supply chains (e.g. subcontracting) in developing countries andthat brokers may be recruiting children.
・There is a risk of being forced to engage in compulsory overtime work.
・Workers may be forced to work under working conditions that they have not agreed to because the labour
contract (employment contract) is not clearly stated in writing.
Forced overtime
Forced Labour・In Japan, there is a risk of restricting the free movement of technical intern trainees by depositing their passports, レ レ レ レ
Human trafficking
alien registration cards and residence cards and by compulsory savings.
・There is a risk that migrants and refugees are forced into forced labour overseas, taking advantage of theirvulnerable position (especially in Tier 2 and above, where the reality of forced labour may be hidden).
・Refusal to form a trade union, refusal to bargain collectively without just cause, detrimental treatment of union
members or threat of dismissal
Freedom of・The threat of dismissal on the grounds of strike action.
Business /Freedom of
association and・There is a risk that labour-management consultations and collective bargaining are not sufficiently
レ レ レ レレ
Supply Chain associationcollective bargaining institutionalised and managed (i.e. have become a formality). In addition, although the right to collective bargaining
is recognised, there is a risk that negotiations are not actually taking place (particularly at overseas production
plants).
・Efficient use of energy and removal of CO2 (climate change)
Global warming
・ CO2 emissions due to excessive electricity consumption in production plants and sales outlets
レ レ レ レレレレ・ The problem of CO2 emissions from unaccountable (unplanned) mass production and mass disposal
・The use of large quantities of water and the pollution of rivers by toxic chemicals in tanneries, dyeing and plating
レレレ
plants, etc., may have a negative impact on the health of nearby residents and on the local environment.
Water stress・Large amounts of water used in the production of raw materials (cotton, cattle, natural rubber) leading to water
レレ
depletion and possible water pollution.
・The production of wooden products (paper materials) may have a negative impact on the conservation of forest
ecosystems.
Community
Resources Biodiversity
・Microplastics generated by washing synthetic fabric products may lead to marine pollution.
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conservation
・Materials sourced through untraceable routes may lead to environmental and soil pollution (e.g. organic cotton,wool).
Depletion of natural ・Depletion of natural resources with limits, such as oil and gas
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resources
・Innovative and efficient product design
Disciplinary
measuresWaste management
Indigenous rights
Community
Discrimination Diversity

ConsumerissuesRelationships
Health and Safetywith consumers

Consideration withdiversity©Caux Round Table Japan・Wasteful product design can lead to the generation of large amounts of waste during fabric cutting, which can leadto the depletion of limited resources.
・Risk of illegal dumping of waste due to neglect or failure to use appropriate contractors.
・Failure to reduce waste could have a negative impact on the environment.
・Threats to the livelihoods of people living in countries where pulp is sourced (e.g. evictions, violence)・In developing countries where laws and regulations are not yet in place, though there is compliance with local
laws, there is a risk of causing local environmental pollution and health hazards to the population.
・The risk of discrimination (unconscious bias/LGBTQ etc.) through inappropriate expressions in advertising andother media.
・Changing consumer attitudes and fostering the Ethical Market, a positive way to promote Fairtrade
・ The system of circular economy (e.g. recyclable materials) has not been established due to insufficient efforts toraise consumer awareness of recycling.
・Improving the quality of products and their safety and reducing the risks to consumers
・Health hazards due to inclusion of hazardous substances in final products
・Health risks to consumers due to battery failure, wearable devices, fires in the use of new materials, etc.
・Improved traceability of materials and products
・Risk of invasion of privacy and discrimination due to personal data leakage
・Insufficient consideration of diverse (LGBTQ) consumers

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List of Participants for 2021 Human Rights Due Diligence Workshop
AOYAMA TRADING Co., Ltd.
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Onward Trading CO., Ltd.

KOSÉ Corporation

Suntory Holdings Limited.

SHIONOGI & CO., LTD.

Shiseido Company, Limited
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

TIS Inc.

TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.

TOTO LTD.

NAXIS CO., LTD.

Nichirei Corporation

Nichirei Foods Inc.

NISSHIN SEIFUN GROUP INC.

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

HIOKI E.E. CORPORATION

Bridgestone Corporation

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

Yamaha Corporation© Caux Round Table Japan

General manager of public relations department

Michitake Hasebe

Group leader of public relations department

Masaharu Takeno

Manager of product department

Ayako Inoue

Sustainability, Senior Manager

Takako Asayama

Business Planning Department Japan Headquarters, Senior Manager

Kyoko Hioki

Business Planning Department Japan Headquarters, Senior Manager

Tadashi Okada

Corporate Sustainability

Takaaki Tomihari

Corporate Sustainability

Hitomi Kobayashi

Corporate Sustainability

Shunsuke Kikuchi

Director of management department

Masaki Kusanagi

Manager of planning section 1

Taiga Rokukawa

Chief of planning & production section 1

Nobuhiko Horii

General Manager, Corporate Strategy Dept. Sustainability Strategy Office

Takuya Mochida

Corporate Strategy Dept. Sustainability Strategy Office

Tamao Taneda

Corporate Strategy Dept. Sustainability Strategy Office

Ayako Takahashi

Senior manager, Purchasing Dept. Administrational & Operation Group

Junko Tomaru

Sustainability Management Division General manager

Tetsuichiro Akashi

Sustainability Management Division

Slimane Gani

Sustainability Management Department

Mitsuhiro Yonehara

Sustainability Management Department

Ryosuke Sakai

Sustainability Management Department

Eriko Fukusho

Group Manager, Diversity & Inclusion Dept., Social Value Creation Div.

Tomoko Shiomi

Diversity & Inclusion Dept., Social Value Creation Div.

Hiromi Minoda

Group Manager, Sustainable Environmental Dept., Social Value Creation Div.

Junji Kokubo

Sustainability Department

Megumi Noda

Head, Business Ethics Group, Sustainability Dept.

Koichi Kawahara

Senior Director, Business Ethics Group, Sustainability Dept.

Emiko Mori

Business Ethics Group, Sustainability Dept.

Yasushi Kato

Corporate Planning Dept, Corporate Sustainability Promotion Office, Expert

Yoshichika Ebara

Corporate Planning Dept, Corporate Sustainability Promotion Office, Expert

Hiroshi Kamaya

Section Manager, Human Resources SBUHuman Resources Planning Dept. Diversity & Inclusion Promotion Office

Etsuko Hosoya

General Manager, CSR Promotion Group, CSR Department

Motoharu Miyazaki

CSR Promotion Group, CSR Department

Mayuko Toi

CSR Promotion Group, CSR Department

Toshihide Ieki

Chief Senior Planner ESG Promotion Sect. ESG Promotion Dept.

Shuji Sonezaki

ESG Promotion Sect. ESG Promotion Dept.

Shunichi Takeda

ESG Promotion Sect. ESG Promotion Dept.

Kimihiro Okayama

Sustainability expert

Reiko Ohiro

Marketing Development Div.

Mitsuyo Morisawa

Marketing Development Div.

Tomoko Karaki

Group Communication, General Manager

Masaaki Kishi

Group Communication CSR Promotion, Group Leader

Mari Sato

Sustainability Promotion Group, Deputy General Manager

Motonari kouzai

Human Resource Development GroupManager

Makiko Ode

Manufacturing Administration Group-Domestic, Group Leader

Kenta Sato

General Affairs Department, CSR Management Office

Fuku Uno

General Affairs Department, CSR Management Office

Yosuke Suzuki

Manager, Human Resources Management Department Human Rights Office

Takayuki Asama

ESG Management Promotion Group, ESG Management Promotion Team Manager

Yuiga Hasegawa

ESG Management Promotion Group

Yohei Mozumi

HR Group

Midori Kinoshita

Global Initiative Sustainability Manager

Maki Murakami

Director Corporate Planning OfficeHisashi Shimizu

Group Human Resources Strategy Division

Hiroki Nakanishi

Corporate Sustainability Promotion Section, Manager

Takakazu Minato

Corporate Sustainability Promotion Section

Toru Midorikawa

Corporate Sustainability Promotion Section

Mayu Isshiki

Corporate Communications Div. Sustainability Supervision, Manager

Hiroaki Nambu

Corporate Communications Div. Sustainability Supervision

Maiko Tsutsui

Deputy General Manager, Corporate Sustainability Division

Michiru Sekiguchi

Manager, Corporate Sustainability Division

Kiyoshi Mizuma

Manager, Corporate Sustainability Division

Yukiko Enomoto

KAITEKI Promotion Office Corporate Strategy Division

Mayumi Honda

Manager, Career Support Department, Administration & Human Resources Division Miki Minamisawa

Group Management Department, Corporate Planning Division

Noriaki Hattori

Section Manager,Planning Group, Sustainability Promotion Dept.

Shingo Hirayama

Promotion Group, Sustainability Promotion Dept.

Yumi Terauchi

Human Resources Department

Chinatsu KodairaGroup Manager, Sustainability Group, Corporate Planning Division

Hiroyasu Abe

Manager, Sustainability Group, Corporate Planning Division

Kaoru Yoshioka

Assistant Manager, Sustainability Group, Corporate Planning Division

Yuko Kinugasa