SUSTAINABILITY POLICY

The SHI Group will endeavor to reduce environmental impacts across its entire operations, including the whole life cycle of its products, based on the Sustainability Basic Policy, recognizing that conservation of the global environment and climate action are one of the priority issues in efforts toward achieving a sustainable society.

SHI Group will strive to contribute to environmental conservation and to develop a sustainable society together with business partners through promotion of green procurement so as to be able to deliver environment-conscious products to customers. To this end, the SHI Group will procure goods and services that are useful for global warming prevention, the promotion of resource saving and recycling, and the prevention of environmental pollution, from business partners that, just like SHI, work on reducing environmental loads and conserving the environment.

The Green Procurement Guidelines specifically define the environmental consideration described in the CSR Procurement Guidelines. The Green Procurement Guidelines have been distributed to SHI Group divisions and affiliated companies and are utilized for selecting goods/services to be procured by the SHI Group.

Through the continuous and unwavering pursuit of world class quality that is recognized globally, we will supply customers with products and services that they recognize as adding value to their business.

Our Group, the Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) Group, aims to provide products and services that help advance economic and technological development toward realizing a sustainable society. We have established these CSR Procurement Guidelines to achieve this aim. The cooperation of all SHI Group suppliers will be essential to our success. Therefore, we request your understanding and cooperation in joining us to promote progress in each item established herein.

• Fair and equitable competition and transactions and thorough attention to compliance Realization of fair and equitable competition and transactions

  • Compliance with all business laws and regulations
  • Protection of and respect for intellectual property
  • Prohibition of the offering of improper advantages
  • Compliance with laws and regulations related to import and export
  • Preservation of confidentiality
  • Responsible mineral procurement
  • Severing of relations with antisocial forces
  • Establishment of an internal reporting system

• Human rights, labor, and health and safety

  • Compliance with labor laws and regulations
  • Respect for human rights and prohibition of unfair discrimination, labor, and harassment
  • Prohibition of child labor and forced labor
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Appropriate management of working hours and consideration for living wages
  • Respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining

• Consideration of the environment

  • Compliance with relevant laws
  • Establishment of an environmental management system
  • Prevention of environmental pollution and control of hazardous chemical substances
  • Effective use of resources/energy and reduction of negative environmental impact
  • Consideration for biodiversity

• Promotion of communication with stakeholders through information disclosure

• Social contribution and coexistence/co-prosperity with local communities

• Application throughout the supply chain

Under the "SHI Group's Basic Philosophy of Safety and Health" adopted as our policy on safety and health, we are working to ensure the safety and health of all parties concerned, including our employees and support staff both inside and outside our premises.
Under this policy, we have formulated the Basic Safety Reform Plan in fiscal 2010 and have been strengthening our efforts to prevent occupational accidents and improve employee health. Since 2020, we have been implementing activities based on the 4th Action Plan.

The SHI Group will work in cooperation with labor and management to ensure that the "safety first" policy is upheld by all employees to create pleasant workplaces where they can work in healthy, safe, and secure environments, based on a spirit of respect for human beings.

To ensure reliable operation of our occupational health and safety management systems, we have been promoting acquisition of ISO 45001 certification by external certification bodies at each of our sites, and approximately 50% of our major manufacturing sites in Japan have already acquired the certification. (As of October 2022)