SUSTAINABILITY
MANAGEMENT
Contribution to the SDGs
The Toyo Aluminium Group agrees with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and to working toward them based on an understanding of their background, and is making efforts to achieve them. Through our corporate activities, we aim to contribute to a sustainable society and improve our corporate value.
Commitment of the Officer in Charge -
Changing the Company and Society through Sustainability Management
Sustainability Promotion System
The President and Representative Director serves as chairperson of the committee, and the matters discussed are submitted to the Board of Directors for resolution or report as necessary.
As a topic of discussion, we discussed our efforts toward decarbonization and shared our direction and challenges. Moving forward, we will deepen discussions and consider how the Toyal Group will work toward a decarbonized society. We will also establish subcommittees to create a system that allows for more specific discussions.
We will discuss other social issues as appropriate, determine the direction, and put them into management issues.
Regarding the review of materiality, since the world situation and the environment surrounding our company have changed since it was established in 2017, we are proceeding with the work of resetting materiality. We will set KPIs for materiality, incorporate them into our medium-term management plan, aim to achieve our goals, and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
A sustainability promotion working group centered on young employees from across divisions was formed in the Toyal Group to promote sustainability and produce sustainability reports. Through these activities, we will spread the idea of sustainability within the Toyal Group and revitalize sustainability activities within the group.
Activities of the Sustainability Promotion Working Group
A sustainability promotion working group centered on young employees from across divisions was formed in the Toyal Group to promote sustainability activities and produce sustainability reports.
A workshop was held within the working group on our “Commitment to Respect Human Rights,” the featured content of this report, which provided an opportunity to consider the relationship between human rights and the business carried out by the Company and the employees themselves. In producing the Sustainability Report, they were involved in devising the structure and design, as well as various other activities, such as exchanging opinions on each material issue (key CSR challenge) and writing articles.
By having members share this content within their own divisions, we hope more employees will deepen their understanding of sustainability management and engagement will increase.
Commitment to Respect Human Rights
On November 13, 2023, the Toyal Group formulated the Toyal Group Human Rights Policy and the Toyal Group CSR Procurement Policy to further deepen our commitment to respecting human rights.
We believe that people are our greatest treasure in our business activities, and we refer to human resources as human capital, working to foster autonomous human capital. We believe that respect for human rights is fundamental and indispensable to our business activities, and we are focusing on promoting the activities of diverse human capital, including women and foreign nationals. As a Group that values people, we will continue to respect the human rights of not only our employees, but also our business partners, local residents, and all other stakeholders.Social demands regarding “business and human rights” are also increasing more and more in global society. In light of these circumstances, we believe that we need to further strengthen our efforts to respect human rights, and so with the advice of outside experts, on November 13, 2023, we finished formulating our Human Rights Policy.
Through our internal and supply chain initiatives, the Group will engage in sustainable corporate activities that are trusted by society at large.
Grievance mechanism
In order to enhance the independence of the reporting contact, the “Toyal Hotline” was established as an external reporting contact as of July 1, 2024.Not only employees, but also business partners doing business with our group companies can report their concerns. The system will first be introduced to domestic Group companies, and will be expanded to overseas Group companies from January 2025.
Lively conversation in a workshop
A human rights due diligence audit
Positive Impact Finance
For the first time as a manufacturer of aluminum foil, powder, and paste, with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited we concluded a loan contract for “Positive Impact Finance (a type of loan for business companies that does not specify the purpose of the loan)” that is based on the Principles for Positive Impact Finance proposed by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative.
Although the contract period expired in March 2024, we will continue our activities toward achieving our long-term goals for fiscal 2031.
Three Activity Themes in Positive Impact Finance
| Theme | Content | Long-Term Targets (2031) | SDGs |
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| Innovation to Shape the Future | Development and sales of aluminum foil, powder, paste, and other products that contribute to the SDGs by utilizing our unique technologies (contributing to weight reduction of automobile parts, food loss reduction by providing food packaging materials, etc.) |
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| Active Roles of Diverse Human Capital | Implementation of the measures and promotion of the environment required to enable diverse human capital to be active and vital |
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| Theme | Innovation to Shape the Future |
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| Content | Development and sales of aluminum foil, powder, paste, and other products that contribute to the SDGs by utilizing our unique technologies (contributing to weight reduction of automobile parts, food loss reduction by providing food packaging materials, etc.) |
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| Theme | Active Roles of Diverse Human Capital |
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| Content | Implementation of the measures and promotion of the environment required to enable diverse human capital to be active and vital |
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