SB Technology formulates the 4th medium-term business plan (FY2022-2024)

SB Technology Corp. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President ＆ CEO: Shinichi Ata, hereinafter referred to as SBT) has formulated its fourth medium-term business plan with a plan period of 2022 to 2024.

■Background of formulation

SBT 's management philosophy is "Information Revolution - Happiness for everyone `- Technologies Design the Future -", and by providing ICT services that utilize the cloud, security, IoT and AI, SBT supports customers' DX and creates new products. We have been promoting the creation of new businesses.
It is thought that the shift to DX at companies and local governments will continue to accelerate due to the evolution of digital technology and changes in work styles. As a partner of our customers, business companies that support DX promote co-creative DX that allows them to use digital in just the right amount, as well as security measures and human resource development to use digital safely and securely. , will require extensive customer support.
Based on this idea, in our 4th Medium-Term Management Plan, we have formulated three priority themes that will closely support our customers and broadly support their DX transformation, with the aim of strengthening their competitiveness.

■Three priority themes and initiatives

・Providing security and operation services to support customers' DX
- Focus on security services centered on managed security services
- Integration of security operations and IT operations
- Transformation to a service lineup with security and synergy

・Promote co-creative DX using data to realize customer transformation
- Development of platform business
- Creation of new business using aggregated customer data

・Consulting & IT education for developing and creating DX human resources
- Provision of IT education services to support customer DX self-driving
- Providing consulting to support DX promotion

■Management indicators

We have set cloud security & services as a focus business and will work to expand our business and further improve our corporate value. The management indicators are "Operating profit of 8 billion yen," "Operating profit margin in the 9% range," and "Cloud security & services sales of over 50 billion yen," and efforts are being made to achieve them in the final year of the 4th medium-term management plan. We will continue to promote this.

▼For details on the 4th Medium-Term Management Plan, please refer to the first quarter results briefing for the fiscal year ending March 2023.
https://www.softbanktech.co.jp/corp/ir/event/presentations/

■Sustainability initiatives

In the 4th medium-term management plan, SBT Group will promote sustainability management aimed at resolving the six materialities newly identified in April 2022. In addition, we have set a new goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions *1 associated with business activities to net zero by fiscal 2030, and in July 2022, we will establish a new goal for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. We expressed our support for the recommendations of Financial Disclosures.
By leveraging our strengths in the use of electricity derived from renewable energy, the cloud, and security, we will contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by promoting the use of the cloud through highly electrically efficient data centers, and provide security technology in an advanced information society. Through our business activities, we will promote decarbonization and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, such as by contributing to a stable social infrastructure.

▼For sustainability and ESG initiatives, please see below.
https://www.softbanktech.co.jp/corp/sustainability/

• *1 Targets greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) associated with business activities. Total value of Scope 1 (direct greenhouse gas emissions by the company itself) and Scope 2 (indirect emissions from the use of electricity, heat, and steam supplied by other companies)

• *Company names, product names, and service names mentioned in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of SB Technology or each company or organization.