Sustainability Advisory

2018 Sustainability Advisory Board

Overview

The Sustainability Advisory Board (formerly the CSR Advisory Board) convened at Tokyo headquarters on January 10 to hold a dialog on sustainability between ITOCHU Corporation management and outside stakeholders. The Sustainability Advisory Board was established to engage in dialog with outside stakeholders to determine whether the direction we are taking with sustainability as ITOCHU Corporation's business grows more diverse and widespread is aligned with the needs of society, and then to apply the insights to promoting sustainability.
In FYE2019, we welcomed three experts familiar with the latest trends in the international community concerning climate change to address a main theme of "how the trading house business can help adapt to climate change" from different perspectives: industry, academia and government. In a frank exchange of ideas, they offered candid advice based on the business' impact on society and trends at other companies. One of the participants said, "It's important to consider what kind of business model to aim for next, and to propose it with the long term in mind. A trading house is exactly the kind of company that can do this." Such high expectations toward ITOCHU shared in the participants' views will be applied to promoting sustainability company-wide.

FYE 2019	Climate Change Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time) Mr. Kenichi Suganuma Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary (in charge of climate negotiations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi Professor of Economics, Takasaki City University of Economics Mr. Hidemi Tomita Director, Lloyd's Register Japan K.K. ITOCHU Members (Job Titles at the Time) Fumihiko Kobayashi Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Administrative & Information Officer Yoshihiko Ogura General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Metals & Minerals Company Isao Nakao General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Energy & Chemicals Company Takumi Imai Acting General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Machinery Company Yoshihito Tabe General Manager, Sustainability Management Department (served as Moderator)
FYE 2018	Review of material sustainability issues (materiality) External environment related to sustainability and promotion of sustainability by ITOCHU Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time) Ms. Mariko Kawaguchi Senior Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd. Mr. Takeshi Shimotaya Managing Director, Sustainavision Ltd. Mr. Hidemi Tomita Director, Lloyd's Register Japan K.K.
FYE 2017	The Impact of Climate Change on Business Activities Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time) Ms. Masako Konishi Deputy Director, Conservation Department and Climate Change Energy Project Leader, World Wildlife Fund Japan Ms. Mariko Kawaguchi Senior Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd. Mr. Yoshihiro Fujii Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Global Environment Studies, Sophia University and Representative Director, Research Institute for Environmental Finance

FYE 2019

Climate Change

Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time)
- Mr. Kenichi Suganuma Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary (in charge of climate negotiations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mr. Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi Professor of Economics, Takasaki City University of Economics
- Mr. Hidemi Tomita Director, Lloyd's Register Japan K.K.
ITOCHU Members (Job Titles at the Time)
- Fumihiko Kobayashi Member of the Board, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Administrative & Information Officer
- Yoshihiko Ogura General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Metals & Minerals Company
- Isao Nakao General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Energy & Chemicals Company
- Takumi Imai Acting General Manager, Planning & Administration Department, Machinery Company
- Yoshihito Tabe General Manager, Sustainability Management Department (served as Moderator)

FYE 2018

Review of material sustainability issues (materiality)
External environment related to sustainability and promotion of sustainability by ITOCHU

Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time)
- Ms. Mariko Kawaguchi Senior Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd.
- Mr. Takeshi Shimotaya Managing Director, Sustainavision Ltd.
- Mr. Hidemi Tomita Director, Lloyd's Register Japan K.K.

FYE 2017

The Impact of Climate Change on Business Activities

Sustainability Advisory Board Members (Job Titles at the Time)
- Ms. Masako Konishi Deputy Director, Conservation Department and Climate Change Energy Project Leader, World Wildlife Fund Japan
- Ms. Mariko Kawaguchi Senior Researcher, Daiwa Institute of Research Holdings Ltd.
- Mr. Yoshihiro Fujii Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Global Environment Studies, Sophia University and Representative Director, Research Institute for Environmental Finance