Sustainability Management

Sustainability Management System

In order to further strengthen its sustainability promotion system, in April 2022 the DNP Group established the Sustainability Committee consisting of directors and corporate officers in charge of the head office divisions. This committee, chaired by the president and vice-chaired by senior managing directors, collaborates with the Corporate Ethics Committee and the BCM Promotion Committee to manage medium- to long-term company-wide risks, with an emphasis on ESG (environment, society, governance). Additionally, the DNP Group recognizes that the variation factors it has identified as risks are also simultaneously opportunities for business expansion and will promote new value creation that contributes to the achievement of the SDGs.

Principal themes:CSR Management

DNP has set eight principal themes to be addressed as part of CSR management. In addition to identifying themes that we deem important and a priority based primarily on our management strategy and business fields, we also include themes that the international community views as critical, starting with the United Nations Global Compact* Ten Principles and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and comprehensively analyze them.


*DNP announced its support for the United Nations Global Compact in July 2006.

*DNP agrees with the initiatives of the United Nations Global Compact’s local network in Japan (Global Compact Network Japan) and participates in subcommittees that are based on such themes as human rights, the environment, and procurement.


Principal themes/Medium- to Long-Term Vision

Our own medium- to long-term vision and its corresponding SDGs are set for each of the principal themes in CSR management.

Value Creation
Business to Contribute
to SDGs Achievement
We create new value through products and services, which will contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, and help society grow in a sustainable manner.
  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 15: Life on Land
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Foundation to Support Value Creation
Fair Operating Practices
We help to maintain and develop orderly, free and competitive markets based on laws and social ethics and by always remaining fair and equitable.
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Human Rights and Labor
We place human dignity first and foremost and respect diversity unique to all persons that includes their culture, nationality, race, ethnicity, language, religion, values, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation and whether they have disabilities. We accordingly respect working styles suited to the diversity of our employees and make efforts to create a safe, healthy and vibrant working environment based on the assumption of acting with discipline.
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 5: Gender Equality
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
Environment
  • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 15: Life on Land
Responsible Procurement
For creating excellent value and cultivating strong compliance awareness at the same time, we work jointly with our supply chain stakeholders and conduct procurement that gives due consideration to human rights, the environment and more.
  • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Goal 13: Climate Action
  • Goal 15: Life on Land
Product Safety and Quality
We seek to gain the trust of society by prioritizing the safety and quality of our products and services as part of our responsibility as a company that supplies these to society.
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Information Security
We ensure the exceptional security of personal information and all other information assets through management and protection as part of the social responsibility of a company handling such information assets.
  • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Corporate Citizenship
We contribute to society by resolving social issues, conducting volunteer activities and through cultural activities as we look to deepen our relationship with society as a good corporate citizen that coexists with society.
  • Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Goal 15: Life on Land
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Principal themes/Prioritized Indicators and Targets

DNP determines indicators and targets that it prioritizes in its effort to achieve medium- to long-term vision for each principal and apply them to continued activities in order to carry out sustainable business.

Principal themes Indicators prioritized
in an effort to
achieve medium- to
long-term vision
Medium- to long-term targets
* Target values without a
target fiscal year set are
for each fiscal year.
FY2022 results
Business to Contribute to SDGs Achievement
  • (1)Ratio of Super Eco-Products*1 in total sales
  • (1)Achieve 10% by 2025.
  • (1)11.9% (163,1 billion yen)
Fair Operating Practices
  • (1)Number of meetings of the Corporate Ethics Committee*2
  • (2)Ratio of Autonomous Corporate Ethics Training conducted*3
  • (1)Hold meeting once a month (12 times a year) or more.
  • (2)Achieve 100% (covering all organizations concerned).
  • (1)Once a month (12 times)
  • (2)100%
    (107 organizations)
Human Rights and Labor
  • (1)Number and ratio of female managers*
  • (2)Ratio of employees with disabilities
  • (3)Rate of annual paid leave taken
  • (4)Frequency rate of lost workday injuries
  • * Changed indicators and target values from FY2022 (1)
  • (1)By FY2025
  • ⅰ.Increase the number of women at or above the general manager level to 150% of the number at the end of March 2022
  • ⅱ.Increase the ratio of women in section manager level to 15% or more
  • ⅲ.Increase the ratio of women in leadership positions to 25% or more
  • (2)Achieve the ratio not lower than 2.3%
  • (3)Achieve an increase over the previous fiscal year (57.5%).
  • (4)Keep rate not more than 0.2.
  • (1)
  • ⅰ.116%
  • ⅱ.11.8%
  • ⅲ.21.8%
  • (2)2.6%
  • (3)60.8%
  • (4)0.3
Environment To the page17 of the DNP Group Environmental Report 2023 for Environmental Activity Targets and Results List
Responsible Procurement
  • (1)Average score of DNP Group CSR Procurement Guidelines survey on key suppliers*
  • (2)Percentage of key suppliers that have obtained the conformance certificate of DNP Group Guidelines for Procurement of Paper for Printing and Converting
  • * The content of the survey and its evaluation indicators were reviewed in FY2022 (1).
  • (1)Achieve the average score of 90 points or more by FY2030.
  • (2)Achieve 100% by FY2030.
  • (1)82 points in Japan*
  • (2)94%
Product Safety and Quality
  • (1)Number of serious accidents*4 caused by our products
  • (2)Percentage of newly developed products undergoing product safety and risk assessment
  • (3)Percentage of quality system inspections*5 carried out.
  • (1)Achieve zero accidents.
  • (2)Achieve 100% (covering all products concerned).
  • (3)Achieve 100% (covering all organizations concerned).
  • (1)Zero accidents
  • (2)100% (330 products)
  • (3)100% (51 units and companies)
Information Security
  • (1)Rate of information security compliance assessments conducted
  • (2)Rate of inspections and instructions by executive officer in charge of divisions implementing priority measures for personal information protection, etc.
  • (3)Participation rate of information security education and training
  • (4)Rate of security vulnerability tests for publicly open websites
  • (1)Achieve 100% (covering all business units and Group companies)
  • (2)Achieve 100% (covering all organizations concerned)
  • (3)Achieve 100% (covering all organizations concerned)
  • (4)Achieve 100% (covering all websites concerned)
  • (1)100% (88 units and companies)
  • (2)100% (91 times)
  • (3)100% (Approx. 41,000 persons)
  • (4)100% (574 web systems)
Corporate Citizenship
  • (1)Number of external participants in social contribution activity programs
  • (2)Number of employee participants in social contribution activity programs
  • (3)Number of fair trade-related products consumed in-house
  • (4)Number of dishes served in company cafeterias to support disaster areas and groups engaging in future generations development
  • (1)Achieve an accumulated total of 10,000 persons (2,000 per year) from FY2020 to FY2024.
  • (2)Achieve an accumulated total of 6,000 persons (1,200 per year) from FY2020 to FY2024.
  • (3)Achieve an accumulated total of 250,000 items (50,000 per year) from FY2020 to FY2024.
  • (4)Achieve an accumulated total of 70,000 dishes (14,000 per year) from FY2020 to FY2024.
  • (1)Accumulated total:4,303 (1,610 in FY2022)
  • (2)Accumulated total:2,064 (681 in FY2022)
  • (3)Accumulated total:88,815 (29,767 in FY2022)
  • (4)Accumulated total:74,063 (38,912 in FY2022)
  • *1Super Eco-Products:Excellent eco-conscious products and services designated through DNPʼs original certification system
  • *2the Corporate Ethics Committee:An organization overseeing internal controls, responsible for promoting a compliance framework to ensure that all business activities of the DNP Group are carried out in an appropriate manner.
  • *3Autonomous Corporate Ethics Training:Training in which the heads of each business division provide lectures on corporate ethics as a foundation of business and explain to their staff the issues and countermeasures relevant to the operations of their respective divisions.
  • *4serious accidents:Including cases where a defect in our products jeopardizes the user’s life, causes serious bodily harm or inflicts serious damage on the user’s property (other than the product itself)
  • *5Quality system inspection: Conducted by the head office’s quality assurance supervisory division, target sites are inspected once a year to check the operation of the quality management system