Concerning Our Group's Initiatives to Respect Human Rights, and Claims Appearing in Certain Reports
July 22, 2024
The ITOCHU Group has adopted the "ITOCHU Group Human Rights Policy," which lays out our commitment to respect the human rights of our stakeholders and address negative impacts that may arise from our business activities.
Our Group is aware of various reports and media coverage expressing concerns about human rights issues in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China. Certain reports contain passages seeming to imply that our group companies handle steel products made in XUAR, where human rights violations are a concern, leading some ESG rating agencies to report that our Group may be complicit in human rights violations. However, our Group does not handle steel products made in the said region and has no involvement whatsoever.