Together with Business Partners

In the aim of being a company that continuously grows together with our business partners, we encourage open and fair corporate activities, steadily promote sustainability initiatives, and work to ensure that transactions with all of our business partners are fair, in compliance with laws and regulations, and conducted with respect for human rights, based on those business partnerships.

 Our corporate philosophy, “Good jobs and good lives,” embodies our aspiration to create a society in which working people can encounter good jobs and lead good lives.

 In order to realize this philosophy, the Company recognizes that initiatives toward a sustainable society must be undertaken not only by the Company itself but also throughout the entire supply chain. Based on this recognition, the Company hereby establishes this Policy in order to clarify the initiatives expected of, and the matters with which compliance is requested from, business operators that supply products and services to the Company.

 In order to realize the Company’s philosophy and fulfill its responsibility toward the realization of a sustainable society, the Company requests that business operators supplying products and services to the Company comply with the following items.

Prohibition of Discrimination:
Suppliers shall respect the human rights of all people and shall not engage in any discrimination or any conduct that impairs individual dignity on the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, gender, social status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or any other such attribute. 

Prohibition of Harassment:
In order to protect the safety and physical and mental health of working people, suppliers shall not engage in any words, actions, or conduct that harm the dignity of individuals, whether mental or physical in nature.

Prohibition of Forced Labor and Child Labor:
In order to ensure that working people are able to engage in decent and fulfilling work based on their own free will, suppliers shall prohibit forced labor and child labor and shall provide decent work. In addition, suppliers shall never tolerate any form of modern slavery, including human trafficking, and shall not conduct business with any enterprise engaged in such practices.

Protection from Occupational Health and Safety Risks:
Suppliers shall confirm compliance with laws, regulations, and rules relating to workplace safety and health, as well as the status of their implementation, and shall create a safe and healthy working environment for all employees. In order to protect the safety and physical and mental health of working people, suppliers shall promote the development of comfortable and appropriate working environments and shall respect freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining based on free will.

Assurance of Minimum Wages and Appropriate Management of Working Hours:
Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to working hours, holidays, leave, and wages. In order to enable employees to maintain healthy and culturally adequate lives, suppliers shall provide appropriate wages and properly manage working hours, while striving to maintain high labor standards under which fair, market-based income and allowances are provided.

Thorough Compliance:
Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations and shall conduct business activities sincerely and responsibly in accordance with social norms.

Fair Competition:
Suppliers shall engage in fair, transparent, and free competition and in appropriate transactions, and shall not engage in any conduct that impedes free competition, including private monopolization, cartels, and other unreasonable restraints of trade, abuse of a superior bargaining position, or infringement of the intellectual property rights of others.

Prevention of Corruption and Crime:
Suppliers shall not be involved in fraud, money laundering, illicit commercial transactions, terrorism, or any other act of corruption, bribery, or crime, and shall exercise due care to avoid being used for such purposes.

Prohibition of Bribery:
Suppliers shall not, whether domestically or internationally, and whether directly or indirectly, offer, promise, request, provide, or receive money, benefits, or any other advantage for the purpose of obtaining improper business gains.

Severance of Ties with Anti-Social Forces:
Suppliers shall sever all relationships with anti-social forces and organizations that threaten the order and safety of society and shall resolutely confront them.

Thorough Information Management:
Suppliers shall strictly manage confidential information of the company, customers, business partners, and others, as well as specific personal information and personal information, in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal rules, so as to prevent leakage, outflow, unauthorized removal, or improper use. In addition, suppliers shall establish rules and policies to be observed by officers and employees with respect to information security, ensure compliance with internal regulations, promote the proper use of the company’s information systems, networks, and recording media, and take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized access and intrusion from external parties.

Environmental Consideration:
Suppliers shall aim to achieve harmony between business activities and global environmental conservation through the sustainable use of resources, including resource conservation, energy conservation, waste reduction, and recycling, and shall comply with environmental laws and related regulations.