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Materiality
(Priority Issues to Be Addressed)

Materiality of the Group

In order to implement sustainability management at an even higher level, we have identified the following six issues as priority issues.

Materiality Examples of social issues to address
Environmental preservation
  • CO2, climate change, energy
  • Resource depletion and recycling
  • Forest and fishery resources
  • Environmental technology and conservation
Falling birthrate and aging population
  • Aging population
  • Falling birthrate
  • Population decline
Diversity, equity,
and inclusion (DEI)
  • Gender
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Human rights, legal development, personal identification
Well-being
  • Labor
  • Health and medical
  • Education
Growth of the local economy
  • Digital and advanced technology
  • Promotion of local economy and society
  • Economic fluctuation and growth
  • Financial services, responsible investment
  • Tourism
  • Traditional culture
  • Social infrastructure, transportation systems
Secure future for the community
  • Internal corporate governance
  • Corporate compliance
  • Information security
  • Risk identification and control
  • Product safety
  • Natural disasters
  • Resilience
  • Business succession
  • Housing policy, urban development, depopulation
  • Partnerships

Materiality Identification Process

Identification Process

Because the concept of sustainability is both broad in scope and open to wide interpretation, rather than narrowing the issues from the start, we started by gathering the thoughts of all employees so that many ideas would emerge.
On the other hand, since it is difficult for initiatives to comprehensively cover a large number of issues, we considered it necessary to define priority issues and proceeded with the process described on the following, with final identification by the Board of Directors.

Materiality Identification Process Chart
Future vision considered by all 4,000 employees
― Aggregation of everyone's ideas
Issues extracted with reference to the Management Principle,
international norms (SDGs, etc.), stakeholder interests,
and issues set by external evaluation organizations
Items placed on a matrix based on "importance to stakeholders"
and "importance to Kyoto FG"
Discussions at the Sustainability Management Council*
Six items identified by the Board of Directors
  • * Composition:
    Directors, executive officers with a title responsible
    for each division of the head office, Executive Officers,
    and General Managers of each division
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6 items Penetration and establishment

We will work to ensure they penetrate and become established the identified materiality within the Group, and will also utilize them in the formulation of our management strategies.

STEP 1: Start small by focusing on relevant departments when identifying material issues STEP 2: Awareness STEP 3: Penetration through visualization of thoughts and actions and messages from the president STEP 4: Implementation and establishment: Integrate with business plans and establish materiality