Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Social
• Governance

Social Achievements

• CAICA Technologies participated in the Cabinet Office’s SDGs for Regional Revitalization Public-Private Partnership Platform

Governance Achievements

• Strengthened corporate governance and internal control

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the financial services business, leading to decreased sales and profit.

Mitigation Strategies

• Divested shares of Kushim Inc., strengthened financial standing by securing ample cash reserves, paid back interest-bearing debt, procured funds through a rights offering, achieving an equity ratio of 80%.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Social
• Environmental

Environmental Achievements

• Promoting various measures for resource saving, energy saving, and improved recycling awareness.

Social Achievements

• Enabling employees to take leave for volunteer activities to contribute to society.
• CAICA Technologies, a subsidiary, joined the Cabinet Office's "Regional Revitalization SDGs Public-Private Partnership Platform" aiming to contribute to regional revitalization through blockchain solutions and telework solutions.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Nomination and Remuneration Committee composed of a majority of independent outside directors to enhance the fairness, transparency, objectivity, and accountability of the board's functions regarding the nomination and remuneration of directors.
• Implemented a stock option system to enhance the motivation and morale of employees to contribute to improved consolidated performance and corporate value.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Ensuring diversity in the board of directors (all male and Japanese)
• Early dispatch of meeting notices and English translation of meeting notices are future considerations.
• Further consideration needed for capital policy, capital efficiency targets, and enhancing information disclosure to investors.

Mitigation Strategies

• Continuous review of the effectiveness of the board of directors and disclosure of evaluation methods and results are under consideration.
• Considering the use of electronic voting platforms and translation of meeting notices into English based on the ratio of foreign investors.
• The company is considering setting and publishing capital policy guidelines and capital efficiency targets to improve information disclosure to investors.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Social
• Human Capital

Environmental Achievements

• Not disclosed

Social Achievements

• 積極的な時短勤務制度の活用など柔軟な勤務形態を採用
• ボランティアのための休暇取得を可能

Governance Achievements

• 独立社外取締役が過半数を占める任意の指名・報酬委員会を設置
• コンプライアンス遵守を重視した研修を実施

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• 海外投資家比率増加への対応
• 経営戦略を踏まえた人的資本・知的財産への投資に関する情報開示の不足
• 女性・外国人・中途採用者の管理職登用に関する目標値未策定

Mitigation Strategies

• 海外投資家比率、保有割合及び人数比率が一定の割合を超過した場合、議決権電子行使プラットフォーム等の利用や招集通知の英訳を検討
• 人的資本・知的財産への投資に関する分かり易い情報開示に努める
• 採用・昇進の判断時において、性別・国籍等の属性や年齢、障がい等に関わらず、能力・経験、業務成果等に基づいた公正な評価を実施

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Human Resource Development
• Work Environment Improvement

Social Achievements

• Promoting initiatives to realize flexible workstyles, including male employees taking childcare leave, telework, and shorter working hours for childcare and nursing care, and a paid leave utilization rate of over 80%.

Governance Achievements

• Established a framework of a company with an Audit & Supervisory Board to secure healthy and sustainable corporate growth and establish an excellent corporate governance system.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Engineer shortage in the domestic market.
• Continued deficits in the financial services business.
• Significant changes to its business structure due to the progress of digital transformation (DX).
• Stagnation in the crypto asset market and strengthening of related regulations.
• High maintenance costs for meeting regulations in the financial services business.
• Centralized business structure of Zaif.

Mitigation Strategies

• Fundamental business structure revisions.
• Exiting a part of our financial services business, creating a framework centered around the IT services business.
• Capital and business alliance with Kushim.
• Transfer of shares in CAICA Exchange Holdings.
• Abolishment of Type I Financial Instruments Business and Investment Management Business of CAICA Securities (currently EWJ).
• Focusing on the profitable IT services business and expanding the Web3 business.
• Organizing a new scrum framework in the agile development team.
• Collaborating with overseas solutions and consulting firms.
• Developing business using CAICA Coin.
• Promoting business expansion through M&A targeting blockchain-related companies, companies that are highly compatible with Web3, and systems development companies.
• Improving profitability of the IT services business by acquiring upstream systems integrator projects in the Web3 consulting business, CAICA Web3 for Biz.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Governance
• Social
• Human Capital
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Regional Development

Environmental Achievements

• Promoting resource conservation, energy saving, and recycling initiatives.

Social Achievements

• Providing opportunities for employee volunteer work.
• Actively utilizing flexible work arrangements, including reduced working hours, to support work-life balance, particularly for women.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Nomination and Remuneration Committee composed mainly of independent outside directors to enhance the fairness, transparency, and objectivity of the board's functions regarding nomination and remuneration of directors.
• Implemented a stock option system to incentivize contribution to improved consolidated performance and corporate value.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Insufficient disclosure of information regarding investment in human capital and intellectual property.
• Need to improve the environment for shareholders to exercise voting rights, considering the increasing proportion of overseas investors.

Mitigation Strategies

• The company recognizes the need to improve information disclosure regarding human capital and intellectual property investment, aligning with business strategy.
• The company plans to consider utilizing electronic voting platforms and translating the shareholder meeting notice into English if the proportion of overseas investors exceeds a certain level.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Contribution through blockchain solutions and telework solutions for regional revitalization.