We have identified six "materialities" (important issues) as themes for promoting sustainability activities. This materiality serves as a vertical and horizontal activity guideline for achieving our management philosophy and long-term targets, and we will contribute to the realization of an affluent information-oriented society through ICT services.
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Six Materialities
Continuously strengthening advanced security technology
We will continue to provide comprehensive security services to companies and local governments, including support for implementing security measures to combat increasingly complex cyber-attack threats, as well as operational monitoring.
Initiative Themes
- Provision of cybersecurity-related services to support a safe social infrastructure
We will help improve the convenience of digital infrastructure, which is essential to society, and ensure the safety of information, thereby contributing to the realization of a safe and secure information society.
Promoting accessibility and data utilization through advanced technology
We will promote digital transformation using cutting-edge technology and contribute to our core business through the utilization of our customers' data.
Initiative Themes
- Building society and industry through DX
In an evolving digital society, we will promote advanced data utilization and advance co-creation digital transformation to create new value together with our customers.
Contributing to the global environment using the cloud
By promoting cloud utilization through highly energy-efficient data centers, we will contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Initiative Themes
- Addressing climate change and reducing environmental impact through technology
We will increase our customers' energy and resource efficiency, promote the expansion of cloud service usage, and contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and the burden on the environment.
Contributing through technology to ensuring food safety, the foundation of the nation
Through the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' digitalization support and unique services for producers, we will contribute directly and indirectly to Japanese agriculture from both a national and producer perspective.
Initiative Themes
- Promoting digital transformation in agricultural administrative procedures
We will advance public-private partnership efforts based on the government's "Agricultural Digitalization Initiative," promote the digitalization of agricultural administrative procedures and other matters, and reduce the burden on farmers and those involved in the agriculture industry. - Contributing to sustainable agriculture by supporting farmers and agricultural stakeholders
By establishing a digital platform that connects producers and consumers, we will help improve agricultural productivity, contribute to practical benefits and sustainability, and contribute to a stable supply of food into the future.
Contributing to society through diverse lifestyles
By utilizing the power of technology, we will contribute to the practice of flexible working styles that suit diversifying lifestyles.
Initiative Themes
- Co-creation with society through business and contributing to the creation of a richer life
We will help improve the convenience of digital infrastructure, which is essential to society, and ensure the safety of information, thereby contributing to the realization of a safe and secure information society.
Building a framework for expanding human capital to drive growth and creating new businesses
We believe that human resources are the source of added value for our business, and we actively recruit and invest in training our employees, aiming to foster an organizational culture that encourages challenges.
Initiative Themes
- Developing diverse human resources and promoting their success
We have introduced a personnel system that promotes employees equally according to their roles, regardless of their attributes, and we support the further growth of each individual by providing training that allows employees to take the initiative in advancing their careers and by creating opportunities for reskilling that correspond to changes in the business.
Identifying Materiality
When identifying materiality, we organize the content using the following steps and then set it.
- List of social issues through 17 goals and 169 targets of SDGs, Global Risk Report 2021, etc.
- Identifying social issues that have an impact on our company
- Content evaluation based on the importance of the themes identified in "2." by customers/shareholders/investors, and the importance of employees' activities toward 2030 through company-wide work.
- Based on the above, identification of materiality in line with SBT 's medium- to long-term business through consideration by senior management
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