JAPAN PROCESS DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018-05-31 to 2019-05-31)

Reporting Period: 2018-05-31 to 2019-05-31

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

Workforce Development
Shareholder Returns
Community Investment
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Social Achievements

Raised base salary (about 2% + α).
Human resource training (education) and acquisition of advanced skills.
Moved/expanded offices and opened new development bases.
Increased dividend to ¥25/year (from a forecast of ¥20/year).
Posted second consecutive year of record earnings-linked bonuses.
Donated a target of 1% of after-tax income to SBI Children’s Hope Foundation and Japan Center for Conflict Prevention.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:

Utilize software to contribute to safety, security, comfort and convenience in the social infrastructure field.

Medium-term Goals:

Turn acquired business into main business areas and develop new fields (self-driving/ADAS and IoT as main business areas; AI, networks, security, cloud, etc. as additional focus fields).

Short-term Goals:

Move and expand Yokohama office
Update facilities at Hitachi office
Expand Katsuta office
Move the head office
Examine possibilities in each division and actively make investments in production facilities
Eliminate discretionary work system
Promote use of mobile clocking in
Reduce overtime and decrease overwork
Proactively strive to introduce work interval system

Environmental Challenges

Deterioration in work efficiency in a large contracted project in risk management.

Mitigation Strategies

Efforts to improve work efficiency and productivity through project management.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities)

Contribution to safety, security, comfort and convenience in social infrastructure through software development; support for low-carbon high-efficiency power generation, HEVs, EVs, self-driving cars, railroads, aerospace, IoT, AI, disaster prevention, defense, and energy management.