AIZAWA SECURITIES GROUP CO., LTD.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30)
Reporting Period: 2024-04-01 to 2024-06-30
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Human Capital Management
- Sustainability
- Climate Change
- Financial Literacy
Social Achievements
- Increased basic salary levels for all employees effective April 2024.
- Implementing various measures consistent with SDG Goal 8, "Promoting both job satisfaction and economic growth."
- Promoting the Career Development Program (CDP), which emphasizes alignment with management strategies and encourages employees' self-driven growth, while also fostering skill development and career advancement tailored to everyone’s aptitude and aspirations.
- Implementing training initiatives focused on promoting diversity, particularly aimed at empowering women to advance in their careers.
- Prioritizing employee engagement within the organization, we regularly survey all employees and strive to cultivate an environment where they can work with energy and enthusiasm.
- Promoting health management of employees. All employees undergo yearly physical checkups and we provide subsidies for complete health checkups, smoking cessation clinic visits, and other medical consultations.
Governance Achievements
- Enhanced disclosures based on TCFD guidelines.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Return over 20 billion yen of retained earnings to shareholders between March 2025 and March 2028.
Medium-term Goals:
- AUC of 500 billion yen through investments in IT and human resource development (IFA business).
Environmental Challenges
- Current ROE is below the estimated cost of equity of 7~8%.
Mitigation Strategies
- Specific measures with focus on “Improved ROE,” “Reduced cost of capital,” and “Higher expected growth rates” to improve the PBR and shareholders return by enhancing its corporate value.
- Higher profitability in mid-term, improved risk/return in business segments, continuous and appropriate return to shareholders.
- Stabilize the revenue and profit level of entire group, enhancement of IR activities.
- Improve expected growth rate by strengthening reforms in the financial securities business and improving profitability of the group.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: TCFD
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 8
Promoting both job satisfaction and economic growth.