ITOCHU Corporation's CSR Action Guidelines for Supply Chains

Basic stance on supply chain management

Developing business all over the world, ITOCHU Corporation has positioned supply chain management as an important issue to be addressed. Preventing human rights, labor and environmental problems, and working for improvement together with the supplier. We are striving to practice these actions steadily and incorporated them into our basic policies for CSR promotion as “3.Strengthening supply chain management (Respect for human rights and consideration for the environment).”

As part of our efforts to promote supply chain management, we established action guidelines in April 2009 in order to have this philosophy penetrate the entire company and to clearly communicate ITOCHU's stance to suppliers. It is our intention to present these action guidelines to our suppliers, to deepen the dialogue on human rights, labor and environmental conservation, and to ask our suppliers to understand and practice ITOCHU's stance.

ITOCHU Corporation's CSR Action Guidelines for Supply Chains

To fulfill the ITOCHU Credo, “Committed to the global good,” ITOCHU promotes CSR through its business activities, with the aim of achieving a sustainable society.

Due to the characteristics of its business activities, ITOCHU has to keep working to manage its supply chains, taking into consideration the social or environmental impact of a variety of products and services handled.

ITOCHU has established the CSR Action Guidelines for Supply Chains to explain its position to suppliers, and expects and encourages their understanding and implementation of every item mentioned below.

1. Suppliers shall respect the human rights of its employees, and shall not treat employees in an inhumane manner.
2. Suppliers shall not engage in forced labor or child labor.
3. Suppliers shall not practice discrimination in hiring and employment.
4. Suppliers shall prevent unfair low-wage labor.
5. Suppliers shall respect the rights of employees to organize and bargain collectively to promote smooth negotiation between labor and management.
6. Suppliers shall ensure that employees' working hours, holidays, and use of leave of absence are properly managed so as to comply with statutory standards.
7. Suppliers shall strive to provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment.
8. In the course of their business activities, suppliers shall duly consider the need to conserve ecosystems as well as local and global environments, and strive to prevent the occurrence of any environmental pollution.
9. Suppliers shall observe all related laws and international rules, and ensure fair transactions and prevent corruption.
10. Suppliers shall disclose information regarding the above items in a timely and appropriate manner.