We have established the Sustainability Committee as an advisory body to the Management Committee. The Committee discusses matters such as the drafting of company-wide initiative policy (including Group companies), the status and enhancement of initiatives for sustainability priority issues, and information disclosure and initiatives to facilitate understanding inside and outside the Company. With the Sustainability Management Department and Responsible Investment and Lending Promotion Office as its secretariat, the Committee meets four to five times a year, with core members consisting of the Executive Officer Responsible for Planning, executive officers responsible for each business unit, and executives from each domestic Group company responsible for sustainability (committee members since this fiscal year). In addition, the Sustainability Working Groups led by department managers provide forums for a wide range of discussions to further promote sustainability management.
We also aim to further advance sustainability management through measures such as the establishment of the Sustainability Advisory Meeting, a forum for discussions with outside experts that had previously been held irregularly, in order to obtain their opinions and assessments on a regular basis.
