Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Strengthened eco-friendly portfolio with secondary battery electrode feeder, battery pack assembly line equipment, and hydrogen car-related parts and equipment businesses.
• Expanded eco-friendly business areas through organic linkage with affiliates.

Social Achievements

• Activated employee communication channels such as labor-management council, CEO meetings, and employee portals.
• Strengthened safety activities at workplaces through safety organization operation.
• Realized social value through participation in community activities and donation activities near workplaces.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Uncertainty in the domestic and international business environment due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the intensification of the US-China power struggle.
• Decreased market size of OLED and LCD display equipment markets, which are the main sales markets of the company's electronics parts and equipment division.
• Weakening market demand for the smartphone market, which is the main finished product market for the company's secondary battery (ES division) and camera module (CM division).

Mitigation Strategies

• Cost reduction efforts through internal restructuring such as mergers and acquisitions of domestic business corporations and consolidation of overseas production corporations.
• Strengthened product portfolio for new market entry such as automotive electronics.
• Concentrated management capabilities on product portfolio strengthening for new market entry such as automotive electronics.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Secondary battery electrode feeder
• Battery pack assembly line equipment
• Hydrogen car-related parts and equipment

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Strengthened eco-friendly portfolio with secondary battery electrode supply equipment, battery pack assembly line equipment, and hydrogen car-related parts and equipment businesses.
• Expanded eco-friendly business areas through organic linkage with affiliates.

Social Achievements

• Activated communication channels for employees, including labor-management councils, CEO meetings, and employee portals.
• Strengthened safety activities at workplaces through safety organization operation.
• Realized social value through participation in community activities and donation activities near workplaces.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Intensified competition from Chinese companies with relatively low labor costs and government support.
• Protectionist trends in overseas markets.

Mitigation Strategies

• Aggressive restructuring to achieve economies of scale at production bases.
• Responding to price competition from domestic and foreign competitors.
• Securing qualitative competitiveness through new development and mass production verification at domestic workplaces.
• Cost reduction and quality improvement through automation of domestic and foreign production bases.
• Securing R&D funds for high-value-added product development.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Secondary battery electrode supply equipment
• Battery pack assembly line equipment
• Hydrogen car-related parts and equipment

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Strengthened eco-friendly portfolio with secondary battery electrode supply equipment, battery pack assembly line equipment, and hydrogen car-related parts and equipment businesses.
• Expanded eco-friendly business areas through organic linkage with affiliates.

Social Achievements

• Activated employee communication channels such as labor-management councils, CEO meetings, and employee portals.
• Strengthened safety activities at workplaces through safety organization operation.
• Realized social value through participation in community communication activities and donation activities near the workplace.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Intensified competition from Chinese companies with relatively low labor costs and government support.
• Protectionist trends in overseas markets.

Mitigation Strategies

• Bold restructuring to achieve economies of scale at production bases.
• Responding to price competition from domestic and foreign competitors.
• Securing qualitative competitiveness through efforts to maximize customer satisfaction in new development and mass production verification at domestic workplaces.
• Cost reduction and quality improvement through automation of processes at domestic and overseas production bases.
• Securing R&D funds for high-value-added product development.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Secondary battery electrode supply equipment
• Battery pack assembly line equipment
• Hydrogen car-related parts and equipment