Materiality
We identified the issues in terms of "Importance to stakeholder” and "Relevance of corporate purpose”.
Our Materiality
We indentified 13 issues as our materiality.
We classified 4 areas and crealfiy our aiming direction.
Identification Steps
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step 01Identifing issues
We identified a long list of issues related to the environmental, social, and governance by referencing international guidelines including GRI ,SASB, and evaluation items of major ESG evaluation organizations.
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step 02Internal evaluation
We have generated the assessment axis "Importance to stakeholder” and "Relevance of corporate purpose”. The former is based on the number of appearances in STEP 1 and the latter is based on a survey of all employees.
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step 03Assessment of validity
According to the results of Step 2, we confirmed conformity to our management strategies through interviews with outside experts and discussions among the management team and Outside Directors.
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step 04Finalizing identification
We finalized our materiality following a resolution by the Board of Directors.
Materiality Matrix
We scored a long list of issues in terms of "Importance to stakeholder” and "Relevance of corporate purpose". We identified 13 issues that are of high importance from both sides as our materiality.
![A chart plotting materiality candidates based on stakeholder expectations and their importance to our company. They are broadly categorized into three elements: environment, society, and governance.
1. Fundamental rights of employees [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 2. Diversity and inclusion [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 3. Occupational health and safety [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 4. Employee training and development [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 5. Respect for human rights in the value chain [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 6. Community involvement and development [social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and their importance to our company is also very high. 7. Stakeholder communication [social element] Element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 8. Climate change response [Environmental element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 9. Energy use [Environmental element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 10. Customer responsibility [Social element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 11. Data security and privacy [Governance element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 12. Corporate governance [Governance element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us 13. Anti-corruption [Governance element] Stakeholder expectations are very high and very important to us.](https://corp.kaonavi.jp/wp/wp-content/themes/kaonavi2022/assets/images/sustainability/figure_materialitymap-en.webp)
