SCSK Group's Corporate Philosophy and Sustainability
Together with its stakeholders,SCSK will work toward the creation of an affluent society under its aim of becoming a company that contributes to society through its business activities.
SCSK Group's Value Creation Process
The SCSK Group will promote sustainability management as a growth strategy.
We aim to become a "Co-Creative IT Company in 2030"by solving social issues and generating new value through our business by addressing our material issues with our corporate philosophy as the origin of our business.
Promotion of Sustainability Management and Our Governance System
The SCSK Group established the Sustainability Committee as an advisory body to the Representative Director and President, in order to confirm and review company-wide issues and measures to be taken in relation to promotion of sustainability management, which forms part of the Group’s growth strategy.
Chaired by a general manager, the Sustainability Committee is composed of Working Group 1 and Working Group 2. Working Group 1 is chaired by the Sustainability Committee chairperson, and its members are composed of general managers from Group Corporate. Working Group 1 discusses and examines issues that should be addressed from a managerial perspective in the medium- to long-term to practice sustainability management.
Working Group 2 is positioned as a group to examine initiatives aimed at promoting understanding and fostering a sustainability management-oriented culture. The Group is chaired by a Business Group executive officer, and members are selected from executives and employees of each Business Group and Group Corporate.
Matters deliberated by the Sustainability Committee are periodically reported to the Management Committee for further discussion from the perspective of company-wide management, after which the Sustainability Committee reports to the Board of Directors, which provides appropriate supervision.
- Sustainability management promotion structure and Sustainability Committee activity report
- Report on human rights policy and human rights due diligence initiatives, human rights issues and response
- Report in response to the annual publication of the UK Modern Slavery Act statement
- Report on the calculation of GHG emissions and the results of the comparative analysis against the preceding year, as well as on environmental issues and response
- Overview of social contribution activities and activity report
Activities of Working Group 1 of the Sustainability Committee
Working Group 1 collects information on global sustainability trends. It also reviews the implementation status and any deficiencies in measures related to material issues—a priority issue for the SCSK Group—and discusses issues that need to be addressed from a medium- to long-term perspective, and considers measures.
- Review of the global information disclosure standards related to sustainability, as well as review aimed to increase non-financial disclosure items in securities reports
- Confirm development of supply chain sustainability promotion guidelines, request endorsement by partners and suppliers
- Confirm the status of implementation of various initiatives toward human rights due diligence and respect for human rights
- Confirm response to the publication of a statement on UK Modern Slavery Act
- Develop a decarbonized economy transition plan, identify initiatives to reduce GHG emissions
- Participate in Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Forum, confirm TNFD disclosure standards
Activities of Working Group 2 of the Sustainability Committee
First, through study sessions and discussions, the selected members of Working Group 2 deepen their understanding of sustainability. Then, as an SCSK Group growth strategy, they consider various measures to enable as many employees as possible to understand and practice sustainability management. We also expect Working Group members to act as evangelists.
- Input and workshops on understanding and personalizing sustainability management and material issues
- Identify issues, discuss and consider effective measures to penetrate their own organizations
- Hold discussions between Working Group members and chairperson/president on issues and initiatives to promote understanding
Initiatives Aimed at Promoting Sustainability Management
Beyond 2030 Committee for Discussing SCKS’s Future led by Young Employees
We launched Beyond 2030 with the purpose of developing a corporate culture of self-starter employees who will be charged with sustainability management aimed at the sustainable growth of the SCSK Group. Beyond 2030 is a program for young employees and future leaders selected from across the SCSK Group to think about and discuss the SCSK Group’s future and contributions to society through its businesses. Under this roughly six-month program, a select group of employees were placed into teams to discuss the SCSK Group’s roles and growth strategies and to deepen discussions through exchanges with SCSK’s executive management team and outside experts. Each team reported the results of discussions to top management and conducted opinion exchanges. Participants commented that they felt keenly aware of the importance of taking the initiative in thinking about the future. We plan to continue holding this program annually in FY2021 and beyond.
Future Creation Program
We launched the SCSK Group Future Creation Program in October 2020 with the goal of creating businesses originating from the SCSK Group. The program aims to tackle the challenges of business creation and produce multiple entrepreneurs by using dynamic thinking that is outside the box. The program solicited a broad range of business ideas from employees of the SCSK Group focused on the themes of “businesses that contribute to solutions to social issues visible from long-term social changes in a world with COVID-19,” “businesses suited to the SCSK Group as it seeks to become a Co-Creative IT Company,” and “businesses targeting several billions of yen in scale aimed at 2030.” In FY2020, a total of 32 ideas were received, with each undergoing document screening, presentation screening and final screening by outside experts and SCSK’s executive management candidates. We plan on continuing to hold the program in FY2021 and beyond.
Observance of International Guidelines and Principles
SCSK observes international guidelines and principles in its Sustainability activities.
