Sustainability Promotion Structure

Sustainability Committee

Chair President
Deputy Chair Executive officer in charge of sustainability (executive officer in charge of the Corporate Planning Department)
Members* General Managers of Divisions, General Managers of Administration Departments, General Manager of the Technology Division, General Manager of the Planning & Administration Department of the Technology Division, General Manager of the Engineering Division, General Manager of the Facilities Technology Department of the Engineering Division, heads of operational divisions in the Head Office

The Chairman of the Board, outside directors, and Audit & Supervisory Board members attend as observers

Secretariat Sustainability Department and Corporate Planning Department
Number of times convened Convened two or more times per year (three times in FY2023)
Content of deliberations
  • Deliberation on revision or abolition of material issues, Vision for 2030, and the Sustainability Policy
  • Deliberation and decision-making concerning important items related to annual plans and other sustainability promotion activities, and indicators for evaluating our level of achievement toward Vision for 2030
  • Regular evaluation of sustainability promotion activities reflecting issues and opinions obtained through engagement with stakeholders, and invoking of corrective measures
  • Provision of information on sustainability promotion activities, exchanges of information, explanation of key measures, sharing of awareness, and setting of important themes related to sustainability activities
Main results in FY2023
  • Deliberations on the formulation of the SMM Group Water Policy
  • Deliberations on a roadmap to carbon neutrality by 2050, and related matters
  • Deliberations on necessity, or otherwise, to revise the material issues, Vision, and KPIs
Board of Directors
  • Supervisory functions related to sustainability activities
  • Deliberation, decision-making, and approval concerning sustainability activities, progress reports, evaluation of performance, review of activity plans for the following fiscal year, etc.

In FY2023, the Board of Directors deliberated and resolved matters including establishment of the SMM Group Water Policy.