MTI Ltd.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2009, 2011)
Reporting Period: 2009
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Social Contribution Activities
- Safety
- Environmental Responsibility
Environmental Achievements
- Collected 46,680 PET bottle caps, resulting in approximately 367.61 kg CO2 reduction and 58.4 vaccine doses through the Ecocap campaign.
- music.jp® sponsored Earth Day Tokyo 2009.
Social Achievements
- Number of paying subscribers for Luna-Luna Health for Women exceeded one million.
- Provided donations through Japan Red Cross and UNICEF to assist victims of natural disasters and children worldwide.
- Increased final dividend by ¥1,000 to ¥2,000 per share.
- Implemented measures to create a safe online environment for Log Tomo users, including 24/7 monitoring and reporting of inappropriate content to the police.
Governance Achievements
- Adopted a one-year term of office for directors to add urgency to management.
- Strengthened compliance systems.
- Appointed Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC as independent auditor.
- Formulated rules covering risk management structure.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Reliance on key individuals (President and CEO Toshihiro Maeta).
- Potential for unforeseen factors impacting the content distribution business (technical innovation, competition, changing user preferences).
- Potential for unforeseen factors impacting the mobile advertising business (subscriber acquisition costs, media advertising sales).
- Risks related to changes in laws and regulations.
- Risk of personal information leakage.
- Risk of intellectual property infringement.
- Risk of information network inoperability.
Mitigation Strategies
- Developing and reinforcing human resources to reduce reliance on key individuals.
- Continuously monitoring market trends and adapting strategies.
- Implementing strict policies and systems to protect personal information and intellectual property.
- Maintaining robust information security measures.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2011
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Social Contribution
- Employee Well-being
- Corporate Governance
- Risk Management
- Information Security
Environmental Achievements
- Used FSC® certified paper and vegetable oil-based ink for printing the annual report.
- Collected 175,000 PET bottle caps for recycling and donated proceeds to charity.
Social Achievements
- Donated a portion of revenues from music downloads to charities.
- Supported women's health campaigns, including "Women's Health Week" and cervical cancer awareness.
- Provided free access to the "Home Medicine" iPhone application to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
- Donated to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake through the Japanese Red Cross Society.
- Proactively used "Red Cross Paper" and "Vaccine Paper" for company materials.
Governance Achievements
- Adopted a one-year term of office for directors.
- Strengthened compliance systems.
- Emphasized two-way communication with stakeholders.
- Appointed Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC as independent auditor.
- Established a Compliance Committee and internal reporting system.
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Expand the number of paying subscribers to smartphone services and return the total number of paying subscribers to an increasing trend.
Environmental Challenges
- Rapid shift from feature phones to smartphones, causing delays in smartphone-compatible content and billing system development.
- Increased competition in the mobile content market.
- Rapid technological changes in the smartphone market.
- Potential for inoperability of information networks due to natural disasters, accidents, or system failures.
- Risk of personal information leakage.
- Potential infringement of intellectual property rights.
Mitigation Strategies
- Developed smartphone service infrastructure, adapting 43 services for smartphones.
- Improved mopita®, the company's proprietary member authentication and settlement system.
- Increased development staff and adopted the "agile method" for software development.
- Promoted development at offshore bases in China and South Korea.
- Implemented strict policies to protect personal information.
- Maintained caution to avoid infringement of intellectual property rights.