Sustainability Promotion Flow

In our Management Policy “The Brand-new Deal,” we focus on “Grow earnings,” “Shareholder returns,” and “Enhancement of corporate brand value.” To enhance our corporate brand value, we specifically focus on promoting the reinforcement of human capital, strengthening dialogue with stakeholders, and enhancing our contribution to and engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through business activities. Strengthening contributions and engagement with the SDGs is a basic policy carried over from the previous medium-term management plan. By addressing the Group’s material issues, which are linked to the SDGs’ targets, through our business activities, we contribute to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs. To ensure steady progress on its material issues, ITOCHU requires each Division Company and administrative division to prepare a Sustainability Action Plan, conduct an annual review of progress, and report to the Sustainability Committee. The person responsible for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) promotion at each organization manages and monitors the progress of various sustainability-related measures and initiatives within their control and reports the results to the Sustainability Committee. The Companywide promotion of sustainability is deliberated by the Sustainability Committee and determined by the CAO, who chairs the committee, and reported to the Board of Directors. In certain cases, depending on the content, the Companywide promotion of sustainability is deliberated and decided by the Board of Directors.