Structure

Recognizing efforts to achieve sustainability as important management challenges, the Oji Group established the Sustainability Committee and the Corporate Sustainability Division in April 2022. We deliberate matters that are material to fulfilling our commitment to sustainability through the Sustainability Committee which is supervised by our Board of Directors.

The Sustainability Committee, chaired by the Representative Director of the Board, President of Oji Holdings Corporation and CEO, who is responsible for the overall sustainability of the Group, including climate change, nature capital, biodiversity and human rights. It comprises Directors and Corporate Officers of Oji Holdings Corporation (including the Presidents of all COMPANIES and Outside Directors who are women) and discusses risks the Group faces that are associated with sustainability and measures to address those risks biannually. Matters discussed by the committee are reported and referred for discussion to the Group Management Meeting depending on their importance, and after deliberation by the Meeting, the Board of Directors makes decisions regarding the execution of matters. In FY2023, it was decided that the Human Rights Policy and Environmental Action Program 2030 would be revised.

The Corporate Sustainability Division, which integrates the Group's sustainability management activities, identifies sustainability-related risks and opportunities throughout the Group. To properly manage these risks and opportunities, the division disseminates information about them throughout the Group through risk-specific subcommittees consisting of people from the COMPANIES and subsidiaries, and it reports monthly to the responsible division director and twice a year to the Group Management Meeting. Leveraging the judgement of the division director, significant risks and opportunities are reported to the Board of Directors. In addition, as the secretariat of the Sustainability Committee, the Corporate Sustainability Division carries forward matters determined by the Committee.

Matters to be discussed by the Committee

1. Climate-related risks and opportunities and responses to them
2. Nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities in the Oji Group’s operations, responses to them and the restoration and enhancement of natural capital
3. Nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities in upstream and downstream value chains, responses to them and the restoration and enhancement of natural capital
4. Establishment of a circular economy
5. Sustainable forest management
6. Reduction of plastic use and pollution in the Oji Group's operations and supply chain
7. Water-related risks and opportunities and responses to them
8. Supply chain sustainability risks and responses to them
9. Environmental risks and responses to them
10. Human rights risks and responses to them
11. Anti-corruption measures
12. Inclusion and diversity
13. Other important matters related to sustainability and responses to them