Contents

Message fromthe President

Sustainabillity

FeatureEnvironment

SocialGovernanceSupply Chain Initiatives

Basic Approachrights and occupational safety in our Compliance Manual.

The basic pattern of business for a real estate developer isprohibition of discrimination, the prohibition of harassment,

land acquisition, followed by property development, and thenand providing comfortable work environments. Other matterslease or sale.

relate to procurement and ordering, including appropriate

These matters include respect for human rights and therelationships with business partners and consideration for theIn this process, the developer purchases materials andgoods associated with land acquisition and lease/sales

environment. In so doing, we strive to build an appropriate

activities directly. However, property development work is

supply chain that is free of fraud and corruption and that isordered in one total contract from a construction company.

environmentally conscious. In accordance with the Group

This involves a large amount of material procurement andEnvironmental Policy, we incorporate environmentally friendly

employment associated the construction company, rather

technologies and ideas into products and services at all

than Tokyo Tatemono.

stages of our business activities, striving to use materials
that contribute to resource conservation and reduced

Given the characteristics of this business, the Tokyo

environmental impact.

Tatemono Group included certain matters related to human

Respect for Human Rights

Policy and Concept

orientation, age, appearance, disability, education, social

The Tokyo Building Group supports basic human rights

comfortable work environment and prohibiting child or forced

as defined in the Constitution of Japan and the Universal

labor in any part of our supply chain. Through these policies,

Declaration of Human Rights. We also support international

we aim to prevent human rights violations.

status, or background. Our charter also calls for providing aIn addition to the Minimum Wage Act, we also promise tolabor standards set by the International Labor Organization(ILO) and respect individuality and personal values as

pay employees more than the minimum wage in complianceprovided in our Compliance Charter.

with various labor laws.

To ensure we put our Compliance Charter into practice, weThe freedom of association and the right to collective

created the Tokyo Tatemono Group Compliance Manual. The

bargaining are described in Work-Life Balance. (See P.60)

Compliance Manual helps ensure that all persons engaged→ Compliance Charter P.72

in work for the group comply with our code of conduct→ Compliance Manual P.73

to respect human rights and prohibit discrimination orharassment based on race, nationality, creed, gender, sexual75

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Sustainabillity

FeatureSystemEnvironment

SocialGovernance

Responding to Human Rights
and Discrimination Issues

The Tokyo Tatemono Group established an Internal Control
Committee to promote compliance, including compliance

Due to the nature of the real estate business, the Tokyo

related to respect for human rights. This committee

Tatemono Group is in no small way susceptible to potential

discusses group compliance and internal control risks at

discrimination issues. For this reason, we provide ongoinglarge. The Internal Control Committee oversees grouptraining to ensure a proper understanding of human rights

compliance activities.

and discrimination issues, as well as to ensure appropriate→ Compliance Structure P.72

responses in our activities, to prevent situations that could
lead to human rights violations. In 2019, 29 group employees,

In January 2019, in consideration of trends toward solving

mainly first-year and second-year employees, participated in asocial human rights issues and the Sustainable Developmenttraining conducted by lecturers from the Tokyo Metropolitan

Goals (SDGs), we engaged in a progressive reorganization of

Human Rights Promotion Center.

our Anti-Discrimination Promotion Committee to establish

We have also appointed a general manager over humanthe Human Rights Education and Promotion Committee. This

resources to promote fair recruitment, selection, and humancommittee, consisting of members appointed by the president

rights awareness. This individual is responsible for preventing

and CEO, plans, implements, and observes educational

discrimination and other human rights infringements in theprograms and trainings on human rights issues. In this way, therecruitment process and overseeing recruitment activities as agroup ensures that we are a corporation that embraces respectwhole.

for human rights.

Human Rights Initiatives▶ Human Rights Education and Promotion Structure

The Tokyo Tatemono Group established a Compliance Manualthat serves as a standard for conduct. This manual defines

Human Rights Education andPromotion Committee

prohibiting harassment, providing a comfortable work

Chair

Appointment

Presidentand Chief
Executive
Officerrules for respecting human rights, prohibiting discrimination,environment, and co-existing with local communities. We(Officer Responsible for Human Resources)

distribute Compliance Manuals to employees. We also post
manuals in offices as another means to publicize compliance

Vice Chair (Two Executive Directors)

and ensure understanding.
We also conduct compliance training, including respect forMembers

human rights, for employees and managers as appropriate.

(General Managers of Corporate Planning,
Human Resources, and General Affairs
Divisions; Branch Managers)

The Tokyo Tatemono Group Helpline and Compliance
Survey are shared tools through which we prevent, or quickly
identify and solve, issues of harassment. We use the resultsof Helpline consultations and surveys to provide appropriate
responses to issues.
Please refer to the following pages for more on specificinitiatives.
→ Compliance Training P.74
→ Compliance Survey P.74
→ Helpline P.7476