Nippon Paper Group

Issue 8 of 12

Issue 8Hi again, this is Mr.
SDGees. This month,
let’s think about thegoals relating tothose of us workingfor the company.

Goal 5 Gender Equality
Goal 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities

We have addressed each of the SDGs that are closely related to Nippon Paper
Group’s business activities. This time, we will take a look at goals 5, 8 and 10,
which are about the foundation of our company … its people!

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■ Goal 5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Targets related to Nippon Paper• 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women• 5.5 Ensure women’s participation and equal opportunities forleadership at all levels of decision-making■ Goal 8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic
growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Goal 8 and targets,
full text at
https://bit.ly/2EhBBks■ Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries• 10.2 Empower and promote the social, economic and politicalinclusion of all• 10.3 Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities

Goal 10 and targets,
full text at
https://bit.ly/30ysfuc

Background SDGs can be achieved through the efforts of people working in companies, and organizations. Goals 5, 8 and
10 are closely related. Especially in Japan, there are problems such as fewer leadership opportunities for women in theworkplace and long working hours compared to the rest of the world. Positive improvements are needed throughout thevalue chain.

■ Nippon Paper Group and Goals 5, 8, 10
Many Group employees work in forests or at large-scale production bases. Ensuring the safety and health of thoseworking at each site is therefore a top priority. In addition, we aim to be a highly motivated and dynamic organizationin which diverse people with different backgrounds can develop their full abilities.

Promote decent
work for all people.

Woman Empowerment(5.1, 5.5, 8.5, 10.3)

Increasing Example
Providing Various Opportunities (8.5, 10.3)

The Group offers a variety of learning opportunities to employees
through distance learning, group training, and so on.

See Panel 1

Sustainable Value Chain** Value chain: the entire sequence of activities or parties thatprovide or receive value in the form of products or service
Procurement

Negative Impact
Unequal and unsafe
working environment.

Production

Decreasing Example
Correction of long
working hours
See Panel 2

Shipping

Sales and Usage

Decreasing Example
Occupational Safety andHealth (8.8)
See Panel 3

Woman Emowerment

Promotion of work-life balance

Japan’s world ranking for women’s empowerment
is 114th out of 144 countries. This is a priority
issue for the Japanese government's “SDGs
implementation guidelines”. We hold in-house“diversity study sessions”, to encourage female
employees to play an active role in the company.
(The Group believes diversity of nationality, age,religion, lifestyle, and gender, can increase itscompetitiveness.) Investors are also interested inwomen's activities within the company, andNippon Paper Industries has been selected for the“MSCI Japan Stock Women's Activities Index”,
comprised of companies that are promoting
women's empowerment.

The Group is working to create anenvironment in which work and life can bebalanced. Shortening working hours, or
supporting childcare help all employees todevelop their abilities.

MSCI Japan Stock Women's Activities Index Logo

* Productive work with rights secured, sufficient income generated, and appropriate social protection

Increasing Example

Panel 2

Goal 5 and targets,
full text at
https://bit.ly/2LWl1Na• 8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth• 8.5 Achieve decent work* for all women and men• 8.8 Protect labor rights and promote safe and secure working
environments for all workers

Positive Impact

Panel 1

Acquisition of the next generation
certification mark “Kurumin”
The Company supports employees' workand childcare balance, under the Law for
Measures to Support the Development ofthe Next Generation.
We have been certified asa “child-rearing supportcompany”
bytheMinister of Health, Labor
andWelfare,andacquired the “Kurumin”
markcertificationfornext-generation support.

Kurumin markLet's Think About SDGs

Panel 3

Promotion of Work Safety
Promoting an environment in which employees can work with safety is one of an
employer’s most important responsibilities. Based on the “Safety and Disaster
Prevention Principles and Basic Policies”, the Group has established a labor,
safety and health system, and is working to prevent accidents, avoid disasters
and create a safe and comfortable working environment.

Our Health and Safety
Policyhttps://bit.ly/2HQpgVA

Panel 4To be a company where everyone can be motivated
The Group places “Challenge, Fairness, Teamwork” at its core, to encourage highmorale and motivation among employees. Our “Human Rights, Employment andLabor Principles”, states our aim of “Creating a company full of dreams andhopes that respects basic human rights and utilizes the individuality and ability ofdiverse human resources”. We consider the human rights of not only our own
employees but also those working in the entire value chain. We promote
initiatives with “Amnesty International Japan” and exchange views on humanrights in Japan and overseas.

Our Human Rights,and Employment
Policyhttps://bit.ly/2WZwTz2

We conduct surveys of, and site visits to, suppliers in order to implement humanrights and labor considerations throughout the supply chain based on ourphilosophy and basic policy on raw material procureme
Our Raw Materials
Procurement Policy
https://bit.ly/2QlJY3q

Nippon Paper Group's ValueChallenge

Fairness

Teamwork

Separation Collection
Recycling Disposal

Decreasing Example
Respect for basic
human rights (8.8).

Protecting the values that the Group is
promoting will lead to the promotion of afair and rewarding workplace! We would
welcome questions and comments fromyou. Please see our web survey.

Web Survey
Questionnaire
https://bit.ly/2CNaXzG

See Panel 4
Mr. S.D.Gees and his colleagues