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
Toyal is committed to respecting human rights, in accordance with the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.” In November 2023, we formulated our Human Rights Policy, and in fiscal 2024, we established an external whistleblowing and consultation contact point that accepts inquiries in foreign languages, and expanded and improved our grievance mechanism to cover overseas businesses. At present, we have begun focusing on human rights due diligence in earnest.
■Human rights due diligence
As the first step toward human rights due diligence, we have identified human rights risks and formulated a “human rights risk map.”
■Top priority human rights issues■Priority human rights issue
| Severity | High | ●Occupational health and safety ●Harm to health and safety in production regions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium | ●Leakage of personal information | ●Discrimination based on nationality ●Harassment ●Long working hours |
●Discrimination based on gender | |
| Low | ●Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining ●Human rights violations from AI ●Consumer safety |
●Other discrimination (disabilities, religion, etc.) ●Labor conditions ●Right of consumers to know |
●Human rights violations from expressions in advertisements ●Human rights problems in the supply chain (suppliers and raw materials) |
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| Low | Medium | High | ||
| Likelihood of occurrence | ||||
In particular, as shown in the table below, we will establish countermeasures and KPIs/targets for ■ top priority human rights issues and ■ priority human rights issues, and work to mitigate and prevent these risks.
| Human rights issues, etc. | Countermeasures | KPIs/targets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| System creation | Creation of system to promote human rights due diligence led by the Sustainability Committee and the Sustainability Planning Team | Confirm in risk management activities | |
| Top priority human rights issues | Discrimination based on gender | Eliminate gender-based differences in hiring for each type of job | Percentage of female employees/20% (2031, Toyal (non-consolidated)) |
| Occupational health and safety | Identification of risks and continuous countermeasures | Number of unacceptable high-risk incidents/zero | |
| Harm to health and safety in production regions | Continuous implementation of initiatives to prevent harm to the health and safety of surrounding regions | Environmental accidents and disasters affecting surrounding regions/zero | |
| Priority human rights issues | Discrimination based on nationality | Establishment of consultation contact point (Shiga Plant) | Establishment of consultation contact point (Shiga Plant) and spreading awareness among employees, and regular education for staff at the contact point |
| Harassment | Continuous holding of Compliance Meetings | Compliance Meeting implementation rate/100% | |
| Long working hours | Encourage more efficient work and increased hiring for operations with lots of overtime Encourage physical and mental health management for workers working long hours | Rate of adherence to 36 Agreement/100% | |
| Leakage of personal information | Continuous initiatives to protect personal information, led by Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd. | Leakage of personal information/zero | |
| Human rights violations from expressions in advertisements | Education for staff working in marketing Advertising human rights risk check system and process creation | Advertising expression risk training implementation rate/100% Advertising expression check rate/100% | |
| Human rights problems in the supply chain (suppliers and raw materials) | Development of tools such as guidelines related to sustainable procurement and SAQ Creation of system to promote sustainable procurement Staggered promotion of sustainable procurement | Signing of procurement guidelines/100% SAQ distribution/100% | |
〈Dialogue with Stakeholders〉
Customers
Continuing our efforts from last fiscal year, we have been holding regular meetings with some customers.
On June 2, 2025, we undertook a human rights due diligence inspection, which showed some progress in our efforts from the previous fiscal year.
We also received lots of valuable advice from this inspection, enabling us to set a specific direction for future improvements.
Customer inspections
Suppliers
Initiatives related to respect for human rights are an issue that affects the entire value chain, and cooperation with suppliers will also be important. At Toyal, we request that suppliers who agree to the “Toyal Group CSR Procurement Policy” sign it and complete procurement surveys. In this way, we have begun initiatives aimed at identifying human rights risks and making improvements. Through this dialogue, we will raise awareness of respect for human rights across the entire value chain.
Internal
Within divisions responsible for “top priority human rights issues” and “priority human rights issues” in the human rights risk map, we held internal dialogue with representatives of the Human Resources Team, CSR Promotion Team, and Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd.
〈Instruction and awareness building〉
Seminar by Professor Emi Sugawara of Osaka University of Economics and Law
On March 13, 2025, we invited Professor Emi Sugawara of Osaka University of Economics and Law to hold a seminar on human rights. This seminar, which was based on Professor Sugawara’s specialist knowledge, was a valuable opportunity to deepen understanding of respect for human rights at Toyal.
On the day, officers, Unit Leaders, and Team Leaders participated, both in person and online. We also streamed a recording of the event, giving more employees the opportunity to learn about human rights. We distributed the “Passport for Human Rights” published by Amnesty International Japan to attendees. This booklet provides information on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, alongside illustrations in an easy-to-understand format. We expect this event will spark awareness of human rights in people’s day-to-day work.
Workshops
We held workshops for new employees and members of the Sustainability Promotion Working Group on the theme of “business and human rights.” At these workshops, we held group discussions based on the following three questions, followed by presentations from each group to close the workshops.
1. What do human rights mean in a corporate setting?
2. If human rights violations were to become apparent at our own company, what sort of specific phenomena could be expected?
3. What should the company and we ourselves do to respond to these circumstances?
Participants provided feedback, such as: “It was a good opportunity to consider ‘business and human rights.’ I had never previously thought so deeply about this theme,” and “I realized there is a diverse range of perspectives, thanks to hearing the views of other people, and I learned a lot.” Through this type of dialogue-based learning, we aim to deepen each and every employee’s understanding of human rights and enhance awareness of human rights in their day-to-day work.
Workshop for new employees
Workshop for the Sustainability Promotion Working Group
〈Grievance mechanism〉
In fiscal 2024, we established an external contact point for whistleblowing and consultation, and provided related information on our website. This contact point also accepts consultations in foreign languages, meaning it is available to stakeholders both in Japan and overseas. We will continue working to spread awareness of this whistleblowing and consultation contact point.
