Sustainability

Basic Policy and Priorities on Sustainability

Sustainability Priorities

From an ESG perspective, COSEL identifies sustainability priorities and formulates an ESG Action Plan. The company sets clear goals for each priority and implements concrete initiatives to achieve them.

ESG Material Item Control Item KPI BM
(2020)
Target and Result SDG
goals
Target of
FY 2024
Results of
FY 2024
E  ◆ Environment ◆ 1. Reducing climate-change risk Realizing carbon neutrality (Scopes 1 and 2) CO2 emissions t-CO2/year 2,967 171 or less 86
7 Affordable and Clean Energy 12 Responsible Consumption and Production 13 Climate Action 17 Partnerships for the Goals
■ Disclosure based on TCFD recommendations Responding to climate-change risks*3 CDP score B(-) or above B
■ Promoting decarbonization (Scopes 1, 2) CO2 emissions reduction CO2 emission reductions t-CO2/year 2,796 or above 2,881
CO2 emission reductions rate (vs. BM) % 94.2 or above 97.1
■ Lessening environmental impacts through promotion of recycling (Scope 3) Reducing emissions Total emissions Companywide t 240.2 250 or less 295.4*1
Eliminating waste disposed of in landfills by promoting the Three Rs Recycling rate
*Promoting zero emissions
% 93.9 99 or above 98.4
S  ◆ Society ◆ 2. Leveraging diverse human resources and aptitudes Realizing treatment that reflects roles
(abolition of the multi-track personnel system)
Structures related to the role ranking system and number of revisions to treatment Two or more cases One case
4 Quality Education 5 Gender Equality 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth 10 Reduced Inequalities
■ Building an organization and culture to draw out and leverage diverse human resources Increase in women managers (managerial posts) Percentage of women in positions of division manager or above % 0 8.0 or above(2025) 6.56
Increasing the numbers of non-Japanese national employees Number of non-Japanese national employees Persons 4 20 or above(2025) 11
Creating workplaces and opportunities for people with disabilities Employment rate of people with disabilities % 1.3 2.3 or above 2.85
■ Support for balancing work with home life Encouraging male employees to take childcare leave Percentage of male employees taking childcare leave % 18.2 100 or above*2(2025) 109.1
Encourage employees to take maternity and parental leave Percentage of employees taking childbirth nursing leave % 36.4 50 or above(2025) 63.6
Encouraging female employees to take childcare leave Percentage of female employees taking childcare leave % 100 100 100
3. Improving employee engagement Increasing the sufficiency of self-reporting surveys
*Subjects: Union members
Percentage answering "Sufficient"
Subject evaluations : (very high + high)
% 50 or above(2025) 27.9
■ Increasing work engagement
G  ◆ Governance ◆ 4. Enhancing corporate governance systems Promoting separation of execution and oversight functions through enhancements to business execution systems Number of Executive Officer Committee meetings held Times/year 13 10 11
16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 17 Partnerships for the Goals
■ Increasing the transparency of management decision-making
Improving precision of the officer/executive officer selection/remuneration process Updating Directors' skills matrix Times/year 1 1
■ Increasing the efficacy of the Board of Directors Improving the qualifications of directors and strengthening their management capabilities Number of officer study meetings held Times/year 0 2 3