Sustainability
Key Sustainability Issues
- Sustainability Material Issues and SDGs
- Process for Identifying Material Issues
- 2026 Medium-Term Management Plan Sustainability Targets
- 2023 Medium-Term Management Plan Sustainability Targets
Sustainability Material Issues and SDGs
To earn the trust of our stakeholders and continue our efforts towards a sustainable society, we have identified our material sustainability issues, considering the impact on the Glory Group and importance to our stakeholders.
We have also categorized our material issues by linking them to the SDGs. We will contribute to achieving a sustainable society by sincerely addressing various issues facing the world and promoting materiality initiatives.
Process for Identifying Material Issues
We identified material issues based on the following process and set KPIs and have promoted related initiatives. We also linked the identified material issues to the SDGs to which they contribute.
Material Issues and KPIs
In line with the 2026 Medium-Term Management Plan (April 2024 – March 2027), we have re-identified 13 material issues, for which we have set KPIs and initiatives to achieve fiscal 2026 targets.
Material Issues Map
2026 Medium-Term Management Plan Sustainability Targets
| Material Sustainability Issues | Priority Themes | KPIs | FY2024 Targets |
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| Environment | Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions | Reduce CO2 emissions in business activities | Scope 1 and 2 Reduce 21.2% (vs. FY2022) (FY2030 Targets: 42.4% vs. FY2022) |
10.6% |
| Reduce environmental impact in value chain | Scope 3 Category 1 Agree with Tier1 suppliers to set CO2 targets Target setting rate: 80% |
20% | ||
| Scope 3 Category 11 Reduce 12.4% (vs. FY2022) (FY2030 Target: 24.8% vs. FY2022) |
6.2% | |||
| Ensure appropriate information disclosure for climate change | Enhance the content of disclosure in accordance with the TCFD framework (To be diclosed every June) | Improve contents of Securities Report (To be dislosed in June 2024) |
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| Social | Recruit or/and develop human resources that contribute to business strategies | Promote DE&I | Rate of females in Management Positions: 5.0% | 3.0% |
| Rate of female new graduates: 25% or more | 23% | |||
| Rate of paternity leaves taken: 90% | 70% | |||
| Increase the employment rate of people with disabilities | Increase the employment rate stipulated in regulations | 2.5% | ||
| Develop DX specialists | (1) Offensive DX' leaders*1 (130 persons) (2) Potential 'Offensive DX' leaders (300 persons) (3) 'Defensive DX' leaders*2 (100 persons) (4) Basic DX/IT knowledge & skills to use digital tools (3,500 persons) *1 Offensive DX leaders: Talent who can create external DX solutions |
(1) 20 persons (2) 100 persons (3) 20 persons (4) 1,000 persons |
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| Promote a pleasant work environment | Improve employee engagement | Rate of positive response for Employee Engagement Survery: 55% | Check the rate through simple surveys | |
| Promote Health and Productivity Management | (1) Total annual working hours per employee: Below previous year (2) Rate of annual paid leaves used per employee: 70% or more |
(1) Below previous year (2) 70% or more |
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| Reduce lost time injury frequency rate and severity rate | Below past five-year industrial* average
*Electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing |
Below average | ||
| Respect human rights | Enhance initiatives for human rights | (1) Formulate and promote human rights policy (2) Conduct Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) |
(1) Formulate the Group's Human Rights Policy (2) Discuss the Group's HRDD process |
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| Conduct training on human rights (incl. harassment) | Participation rate: 100% | 100% | ||
| Select sustainable suppliers and promote sustainable procurement | Develop management process to strengthen supply chain management | Implement self-inspection checklist with new/primary business partners Response rate: 100% |
100% | |
| Improve customer satisfaction with quality solutions & services | Improve customer satisfaction | Maintain/Improve product market share | Disclose results | |
| Ensure product safety and quality | (1) Number of PL-related accidents: 0 | 0 cases | ||
| (2) Number of serious violations of laws or regulations related product safety: 0 | 0 cases | |||
| (3) Number of PL lawsuits related to product quality: 0 | 0 cases | |||
| (4) Rate of product safety assessment conducted for newly developed products: 100% | 100% | |||
| Improve dialogue with Stakeholders | Maintain/Increase opportunities for dialogue with stakeholders | Institutional investors and analysts Implement engagement satisfaction survey and disclose results Local communities Disclose CSR activitivity reports Business partners Disclose report on initiatives to strengthen trust with business partners |
Rate of execution of planned measures: 100% | |
| Governance | Protect customer privacy and tighten information security | Detect unauthorized accesses immediately to minimize damages to the Group | Improve information security level and promote the Group's security policy | Disclose results |
| Provide security training for all employees | Participation rate: 100% | 100% | ||
| Promote compliance management | Eliminate serious compliance incidents | 0 cases | 0 cases | |
| Reinforce risk management and BCP | Review risk management system | Disclose results | Disclose results | |
| Review Group-wide risk assessment methods | Disclose results | Disclose results | ||
| Review BCP system | Disclose results | Disclose results | ||
| Strengthen the Group governance | Establish systems to ensure effectiveness of internal control system | Disclose results | Disclose results | |
| Improve effectiveness of the board of directors | Disclose results | Disclose results | ||
| Creation of new value | Promote R&D and innovation | Increase the number of patent filed and registered in Japan Increase the number of patent filed and registered globally |
Disclose results | Disclose results |
| Develop products and solutions that meet society's needs | Inrease New Business Domain sales & disclose representative examples | New Business Domain Sales: 60 billion yen | 40 billion yen |
2023 Medium-Term Management Plan Sustainability Targets
| Material Issues | FY2023 KPIs | FY2022 KPIs | FY2021 results | FY2022 results | |
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Promote businesses contributing to a carbon-free society | CO2 emissions from business activities
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15% reduction (compared to FY2013) |
25.9% reduction | 32.7% reduction |
| Development and spread environmentally friendly products contributing to a carbon-free society | Reduce CO2 emissions in product usage
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20,000 tons (compared to FY2013) |
8,499tons | 8,972tons | |
| Enhance the contribution to biodiversity preservation | Biological and botanical survey Forest conservation activity (plant and thin out trees)  |
Disclose results 100% as planned |
・Implementation of vegetation surveys, and 18%/ 10-year improvement in carbon fixation amounts ・Plan achievement rate : 100% Thinning : 0.94 ha; planting (trees): 13 trees |
・Plan achievement rate : 100% Thinnig:0.5ha Cultivating trees Arakawa-Riverbank Cleanup Activities |
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Respect for human rights and diversity | Ensure the diversity of directors | Disclose results | One female board member | One female board member |
Ratio of female employees at time of hire
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25% or more (FY2025 Target) |
15.6% | 17.4% | ||
| Number of female managers
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44 (FY2025 Target) |
28 | 29 | ||
| Number of foreign employees (including number of managers) | Disclose results | 13 | 15 | ||
| Ratio of mid-career hires in management positions | Disclose results | 23.1% | 22.1% | ||
Ratio of Employees with Disabilities
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Above 2.3% | 2.46% | 2.46% | ||
Training on human rights
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Attendance rate 100% | e-learning participation rate of 99.8% | ・e-learning for Ethics Month (November):99.5% participation rate ・Compliance training at Production Headquarters (held 3 times online) |
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| Number of consultations on human rights
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Disclose results | 13 cases | 8 cases | ||
Training costs per employee (education investment)
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Disclose results | 48,203yen | 21,154yen | ||
| Number of whistleblowing cases
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Disclose results | 28 cases | 13 cases (including 8 consultations on harassment) | ||
| Maintain a healthy and safe workplace | Annual actual working hours per employee
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Disclose results | 2,025 hours | 2,013 hours | |
Promote health management
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Implementation of health management initiatives | Initiatives such as prevention of and response to COVID-19 and promotion of vaccinations |
Initiatives such as prevention of and response to COVID-19 and promotion of vaccination |
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| Number of days taken paid leave per employee
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More than the previous year | 14 days | 14.9 days | ||
| Lost-time injury frequency rate
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Less than the previous year | 0.52 | 0.53 | ||
| Lost-time injury severity rate
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Less than the previous year | 0.005 | 0.020 | ||
| Further promotion of global sustainable procurement | Implement the self-checklist (new business partners and primary business partners)
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Response rate of 100% | Response rate of 100% | Response rate of 100% | |
| Ensure product safety and quality | Number of occurrences of serious product accidents (PL)
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0 cases | 0 cases | 0 cases | |
| Number of severe incidents of non-compliance with laws and regulations (product safety)
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0 cases | 0 cases | 0 cases | ||
| Number of PL litigations about quality
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0 cases | 0 cases | 0 cases | ||
| Implementation rate of product safety assessment of newly developed products
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100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Dialogue with Stakeholders | Number of call center tours (customers)
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Disclose results | 19 cases | 36 cases | |
| Number of monitoring center visits (customers)
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Disclose results | 55 cases | 70 cases | ||
| Number of showroom visits (Head Office, Tokyo Office)
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Disclose results | Head Office : 19 cases Tokyo Office : 256 cases |
Head Office : 91 cases Tokyo Office : 336 cases |
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| Number of factory tours (Head Office and Saitama Factory)
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Disclose results | Head Office : 11 cases Saitama Factory : 18 cases |
Head Office : 34 cases Saitama Factory : 43 cases |
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| Number of meetings with investors | Disclose results | 216 cases | 263 cases | ||
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Strengthen corporate governance | Analysis and evaluation relating to effectiveness of Board of Directors | Disclose results | Implemented third-party evaluations | Implemented third-party evaluations |
| Number of meetings of Board of Directors | Disclose results | 17 times (including temporary board of directors) | 16 times | ||
| Risk identification and management from a global perspective | Number of serious information security accidents
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0 cases | 0 cases | 0 cases | |
| Information security education
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100% | General training participation rate of 99.8%, etc. | General training participation rate of 99.8%, etc. | ||
| Corporate ethics, legal compliance, and anti-corruption initiatives | Number of serious compliance violations
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0 cases | 1 case | 0 cases | |
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Promote extension from core business domain | Provide retail solutions that meet contactless and self-service needs
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Disclose case studies | Supported retailers' promotion of self-checkout | Aggressive expansion of self-service kiosks into global F&B |
| Build and expand new business models | Support the promotion of DX in restaurants and retail outlets
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Disclose case studies | Active development of the DMP business and the kiosk business |
Active development of the DMP business and the kiosk business |
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| Promote IP (Intellectual Property) strategies | Number of domestic patent filed / registered | Disclose results | Number acquired in Japan: 171 cases Number of applications in Japan: 1,085 cases |
Number acquired in Japan: 125 cases Number of applications in Japan: 1,176 cases |
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| Number of overseas patent filed / registered | Disclose results | Number acquired overseas: 75 cases Number of applications overseas: 1,057 cases |
Number acquired overseas: 54 cases Number of applications overseas: 1,136 cases |
