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Global Reporting Initiative
We considered the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3.1) when preparing this report. NEC self-declares this report to GRI Application Level B, as stated in the table below.
GRI＝Global Reporting Initiative
Please follow this link on the Environmental Performance.
| GRI no. | GRI indicator | Corresponding page on NEC website |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Strategy and Analysis | ||
| 1.1 | Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy. | Top message |
| 1.2 | Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities. | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） CSR management Risk management Corporate governance |
| 2. Organizational Profile | ||
| 2.1 | Name of the organization. | Corporate profile |
| 2.2 | Primary brands, products, and/or services. | Business outline |
| 2.3 | Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures. | NEC organization Corporate profile |
| 2.4 | Location of organization's headquarters. | Corporate profile |
| 2.5 | Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report. | NEC worldwide |
| 2.6 | Nature of ownership and legal form. | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） |
| 2.7 | Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries). | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） |
| 2.8 | Scale of the reporting organization, including
|
Performance Highlights At a Glance |
| 2.9 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including:
|
Annual Securities Report（Japanese） |
| 2.10 | Awards received in the reporting period. |
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| 3. Report Parameters | ||
| 3.1 | Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided. | Editorial policy of CSR Report |
| 3.2 | Date of most recent previous report (if any). | Editorial policy of CSR Report |
| 3.3 | Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.) |
Editorial policy of CSR Report |
| 3.4 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents. | Contact |
| Report Scope and Boundary | ||
| 3.5 | Process for defining report content, including:
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CSR management |
| 3.6 | Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance. | Editorial policy of CSR Report Scope of Environmental Report |
| 3.7 | State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report. | Editorial policy of CSR Report Scope of Environmental Report |
| 3.8 | Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations. | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） |
| 3.9 | Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report. | Environmental management information systems |
| 3.10 | Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods). | No re-states of information |
| 3.11 | Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report. | NEC Group Environmental Management Action Plan 2017/2030 |
| 3.12 | Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report. | This page |
| Assurance | ||
| 3.13 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s). | Editorial policy of CSR Report Stakeholder review Independent review on Environmental Report |
| 4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement | ||
| Governance | ||
| 4.1 | Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight. | Corporate governance |
| 4.2 | Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement). | Corporate governance |
| 4.3 | For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members. | Corporate governance |
| 4.4 | Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body. | Corporate governance |
| 4.5 | Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance). | Corporate governance |
| 4.6 | Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided. | Corporate governance |
| 4.7 | Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics. | Corporate Governance Report（Japanese） |
| 4.8 | Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation. | The NEC Way CSR management |
| 4.9 | Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles. | Corporate governance CSR management |
| 4.10 | Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. | Corporate Governance Report（Japanese） |
| Commitments to External Initiatives | ||
| 4.11 | Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization. | Tackling environmental problems Compliance with REACH and RoHS |
| 4.12 | Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses. | United Nations Global Compact JEITA ISO26000 Challenge 25% Campaign |
| 4.13 | Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization:
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United Nations Global Compact JEITA |
| Stakeholder Engagement | ||
| 4.14 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization. | Stakeholder engagement |
| 4.15 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage. | CSR management Stakeholder engagement Guidelines for coordination with NPOs(social contributions) |
| 4.16 | Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. | Stakeholder engagement |
| 4.17 | Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting. | Stakeholder review Independent review on Enviroment Report |
| Management Approach and Performance Indicators | ||
| GRI no. | Performance Indicators: Core (C) / Add (A) | |
| Economic | ||
| Management Approach | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） | |
| Economic Performance | ||
| (C) EC1 | Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments. | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） Community contributions Environmental accounting |
| (C) EC2 | Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change. | Global warming prevention |
| (C) EC3 | Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations. | No Coverage |
| (C) EC4 | Significant financial assistance received from government. | No Coverage |
| Market Presence | ||
| (A) EC5 | Range of ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation. | No Coverage |
| (C)EC6 | Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation. | Partnering with suppliers |
| (C)EC7 | Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation. | No Coverage |
| Indirect Economic Impacts | ||
| (C)EC8 | Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement. | Help to solve social issues through business activities Activities for contributing to society |
| (A)EC9 | Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts. | Help to solve social issues through business activities Activities for contributing to society |
| Labor Practices and Decent Work | ||
| Management Approach | Lobour practices | |
| Employment | ||
| (C)LA1 | Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region, broken down by gender. | Promoting diversity |
| (C)LA2 | Total number and rate of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender, and region. | No Coverage |
| (A)LA3 | Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operation. | No Coverage |
| (C)LA15 | Return to work and retention rates after parental leave, by gender. | No Coverage |
| Labor/Management Relations | ||
| (C)LA4 | Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. | Annual Securities Report（Japanese） |
| (C)LA5 | Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. | No Coverage |
| Occupational Health and Safety | ||
| (A)LA6 | Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management–worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs. | No Coverage |
| (C)LA7 | Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work related fatalities by region and by gender. | Health and safety |
| (C)LA8 | Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases. | Health and safety |
| (C)LA9 | Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions. | Health and safety |
| Training and Education | ||
| (C)LA10 | Average hours of training per year per employee by gender, and by employee category. | Human resources development |
| (A)LA11 | Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. | Human resources development |
| (A)LA12 | Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews, by gender. | Human resources development |
| Diversity and Equal Opportunity | ||
| (C)LA13 | Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity. | |
| Equal Remuneration for Women and Men | ||
| (C)LA14 | Ratio of basic salary and remuneration of women to men by employee category, by significant locations of operation. | No Coverage |
| Human Rights | ||
| Management Approach | Respecting human rights | |
| Investment and Procurement Practices | ||
| (C)HR1 | Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements and contracts that include clauses incorporating human rights concerns, or that have undergone human rights screening. | No Coverage |
| (C)HR2 | Percentage of significant suppliers, contractors and other business partners that have undergone human rights screening, and actions taken. | Partnering with suppliers |
| (A)HR3 | Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained. | Respecting human rights |
| Non-Discrimination | ||
| (C)HR4 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken. | No Coverage |
| Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining | ||
| (C)HR5 | Operations and significant suppliers identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be violated at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights. | No Coverage |
| Child Labor | ||
| (C)HR6 | Operations and significant suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the effective abolition of child labor. | Respecting human rights Partnering With Suppliers |
| Forced and Compulsory Labor | ||
| (C)HR7 | Operations and significant suppliers identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor. | Respecting human rights Partnering With Suppliers |
| Security Practices | ||
| (A)HR8 | Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations. | No Coverage |
| Indigenous Rights | ||
| (A)HR9 | Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken. | No Coverage |
| Assessment | ||
| (C)HR10 | Percentage and total number of operations that have been subject to human rights reviews and/or impact assessments. | No Coverage |
| Remediation | ||
| (C)HR11 | Number of grievances related to human rights filed, addressed and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms. | No Coverage |
| Society | ||
| Management Approach | CSR management Internal control For communities |
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| Community | ||
| (C)SO1 | Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs. | Help to solve social issues through business activities Tackling emvironmental problems |
| (C)SO9 | Operations with significant potential or actual negative impacts on local communities. | Handling of Accidents and Complaints |
| (C)S10 | Prevention and mitigation measures implemented in operations with significant potential or actual negative impacts on local communities. | Handling of Accidents and Complaints |
| Corruption | ||
| (C)SO2 | Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption. | Risk management |
| (C)SO3 | Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures. | Training on NEC Group Code of Conduct |
| (C)SO4 | Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption. | Compliance |
| Public Policy | ||
| (C)SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying. | Challenge 25% Campaign Complying with the REACH Regulations Issue of mineral resources that fuel conflict |
| (A)SO6 | Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country. | No Coverage |
| Anti-Competitive Behavior | ||
| (C)SO7 | Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes. | No Coverage |
| Compliance | ||
| (C)SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations. | No Coverage |
| Product Responsibility | ||
| Management Approach | Ensuring quality and safety | |
| Customer Health and Safety | ||
| (C)PR1 | Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures. | Ensuring quality and safety |
| (A)PR2 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes. | Important information from NEC (Japanese) |
| Product and Service Labeling | ||
| (C)PR3 | Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements. | Environmentally friendly products and services |
| (A)PR4 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes. | No Coverage |
| (A)PR5 | Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction. | Customer satisfaction survey |
| Marketing Communications | ||
| (C)PR6 | Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. | NEC Group Code of Conduct |
| (A)PR7 | Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes. | No Coverage |
| Customer Privacy | ||
| (A)PR8 | Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data. | No Coverage |
| Compliance | ||
| (C)PR9 | Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. | No Coverage |
