Environmental Policy and Information Security Basic Policy

Environmental Policy

Daiei Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. ("Daiei Sangyo ") recognizes the protection of the global environment as a top priority for humankind. Accordingly, Daiei Sangyo makes it a basic principle to operate its business in a truly eco-conscious manner.

Basic Policy

Daiei Sangyo engages in a variety of sales and manufacturing activities, offering diverse products and services. For instance, it operates the auto parts business that deals with rubber resin products, the metals business that handles steel sheets, and the food manufacturing business that focuses on food products. To conduct these activities in an eco-friendly manner, Daiei Sangyo provides the basic policy as follows:

• We will make efforts to save energy, recycle, and implement business activities that are friendly to the local environment.
• We will comply with legal requirements applicable to Daiei Sangyo’s environmental operations and other requirements to which the company agrees, in order to prevent and improve environmental impacts.
• We will set environmental objectives and targets and establish an environmental management system to continuously execute the “plan, do, assess, and review” cycle.
• We will work to meet customers’ environmental needs and improve their satisfaction.
• We will fully communicate our environmental policy to Daiei Sangyo’s employees and those who work for Daiei Sangyo, raising their environmental awareness.
• We will endeavor to protect the natural environment from harm and degradation that might arise from Daiei Sangyo’s activities, products, and services.

Scope of Application

[Applicable offices]
Kariya Office, Nagoya Plant, Obu Office
[Applicable products and services]
Food production, steel sheet processing and sales, and rubber resin processing and sales

October 1, 2022
Akitoshi Ito
President and Representative Director
Daiei Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.

Our new head office building has acquired the ZEB ([net] zero energy building) Ready certification in an assessment based on the Building-Housing Energy-efficiency Labeling System (BELS).

The project was chosen for the Ministry of Environment’s 2021 Initiative to Promote Building Decarbonization and Resilience Improvement, and we are applying to be registered as a “ZEB leading owner.”
Our next-generation office building adopts high-performance energy-saving equipment to reduce primary energy consumption as well as an energy creation-storage-linked system.

Information Security Basic Policy

Daiei Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. ("Daiei Sangyo") will engage in company-wide efforts related to information security, based on the following policy to protect the information assets in its possession from various threats and to live up to the trust of its business partners and society.

1. Management's responsibility

Daiei Sangyo’s management will lead the way in systematically and continuously improving and enhancing information security.

2. Establishment of internal systems

Daiei Sangyo will organize a unit to safeguard and improve information security and stipulate information security measures as official internal rules.

3. Management of information assets

Daiei Sangyo will appropriately manage the information assets (including personal information and information that can identify an individual) in its possession to ensure their confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and will strive to prevent any unauthorized access, leakage, loss, or damage to these assets.

4. Efforts by employees

Daiei Sangyo's employees will seek to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills in information security and bolster Daiei Sangyo’s information security initiative.

5. Compliance with laws, regulations, and contractual requirements

Daiei Sangyo will comply with all laws, regulations, standards, and contractual obligations related to information security, and will live up to its business partners’ expectations.

6. Handling violations and incidents

In the event of a legal violation, breach of contract, or incident related to information security, Daiei Sangyo will respond promptly, investigate its cause, and work to prevent its recurrence.

November 1, 2022
Akitoshi Ito
President and Representative Director
Daiei Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.

General Employer’s Action Plan based on
the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children

To balance employees’ work and family lives and to create a worker-friendly environment in which all employees can fully demonstrate their abilities, we have formulated the following action plan:

Period

Three years from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027

Description

Goal 1		Revise the childcare benefit system and improve the work environment to facilitate childcare leave and return-to-work processes.
Measure 1		By March 2025 Interview employees with current or past childcare responsibilities (including those who chose not to take childcare leave despite being qualified), along with their superiors and colleagues, to find out about the existing system’s issues and inadequacies. By March 2026 Draft a revision After April 2026 Implement the revised system and identify problems
Goal 2		Take the following initiatives to change the work environment and give male employees greater opportunities to actively participate in childcare: Actively inform superiors and colleagues in the workplace on the importance and value of childcare leave for male employees, so they can develop a deep understanding of the issue. Interview personnel concerned to gather information on the issue, and identify discouraging factors to help improve the work environment. Keep qualified male employees informed on childcare leave so they understand the system better and feel encouraged to take leave.
Measure 2		By March 2025 Interview employees with current or past childcare responsibilities (including those who chose not to take childcare leave despite being qualified), along with their superiors and colleagues, to identify factors that discourage male employees from participating in childcare. By March 2026 Gather information from external sources and compile a report about the ways to increase childcare leave and associated benefits. By March 2027 Deliberate the content of programs to raise awareness of superiors and colleagues, improving the work environment, and providing information to qualified male employees.

April 1, 2024
Akitoshi Ito
President and Representative Director
Daiei Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd.