Initiatives to address social responsibility

The Toray Group has established its CSR Guidelines (10 themes) to serve as the foundation of its activities. These will ensure the sustainability of its business activities in Japan and overseas, while enabling the Group to proactively contribute to the development of a sustainable society. Each of the 10 themes in the guidelines has a concrete annual plan (action program) and utilizes the PDCA management cycle. This program periodically undergoes reviews in response to changes in current trends and social demands.

CSR Guidelines

1. Corporate Governance

Continually revise management systems and strengthen internal controls as part of efforts to fulfill the company’s social responsibilities.

2. Ethics and Compliance

Ensure all executives and employees uphold a sense of responsibility, fairness and high ethical standards, and act with a keen sense of compliance to maintain the trust of society.

3. Safety, Disaster Prevention, and Environmental Preservation

Protect the environment and ensure the safety and health of society and employees in all business processes from procuring raw materials and manufacturing to the supply and disposal of products.

4. Product Quality and Safety

Provide safe, highly reliable products by striving to enhance management systems for product quality assurance and safety, and disclose appropriate information.

5. Risk Management

Under normal conditions, assess and analyze risks, and strive to mitigate and prevent them from materializing; and in the event of a crisis that could have a significant impact on management activities, strive to prevent damage from increasing, by bringing the situation quickly under control and normalizing conditions with a prompt and appropriate response.

6. Communication

Disclose corporate information in an active, fair and straightforward manner to maintain management transparency; and disclose information appropriately to encourage dialog and cooperation with stakeholders including customers, employees, stockholders, business partners, consumers, local communities, mass media, and other parties.

7. Contributing Solutions to Social Issues through Business Activities

Leverage innovation to provide solutions to various social issues such as climate change, resource and energy use, water resource and natural environment conservation, improvement of medical care, and promotion of public health, thereby contributing to sustainable development for society.

8. Human Rights Promotion and Human Resources Development

Respect human rights, provide safe and healthy workplaces for employees, secure and train personnel, and diversify while striving to protect employment.

9. Establishing a Sustainable Supply Chain

To establish a sustainable supply chain, work closely with suppliers, processing vendors, subcontractors, customers and distribution companies to implement socially responsible procurement throughout the supply chain in order to ensure responsible practices with respect to environmental preservation and human rights.

10. Social Contribution Activities as a Good Corporate Citizen

Proactively participate in local communities and society at large in order to contribute to development in a way befitting a good corporate citizen.

The Toray Group's CSR

Information on the Toray Group's top-priority CSR initiatives is available here.

CSR and the environment