Governance

To continue to be a company that is trusted by the society, the DOWA group has positioned strengthening of corporate governance as a key management issue, and is working on it based on “DOWA Group’s Values and Standards of Conduct.”

Progress of Activities

Following is the status of activities for FY2015 and the plan for FY2016 in the field of Corporate Governance

FY2015 Results

Corporate Governance Focus Measures	Initiatives	Goal	Evaluation	Main Results
Strengthening of internal control and governance	Preparation of internal control handbook	Same as left	A	Creation and distribution to group companies
	Regular education within the country and abroad	Domestic and overseas 10 times	A	Domestic: 10 times Overseas: 6 times
Strengthening of compliance and risk management	Strengthening internal control compliance education	Implementation rate of briefing sessions 100%	A	Implementation rate of briefing sessions at each site 100%
	Strengthening of BCP effectiveness	Same as left	A	Implementation of questionnaire survey on the maintenance status and hearings at each company
Promotion of CSR procurement	Implementation of Supplier questionnaire	Main 100 companies	A	Distribution to 107 major suppliers, collection rate of 90% Feedback implementation
	Supplier CSR audit	Implementation	A	Implementation in 2 companies

*Evaluation: A: Accomplished, B: Fair, C: Not Satisfactory

FY2016 Initiatives and Goals

Strengthening of internal control and governance	Dissemination of internal control handbook Briefing sessions to senior executives and representatives Number of participants: 140 or more Distribution of translated version
Strengthening of risk management and compliance	Supporting internal control activities of domestic and overseas companies Domestic and overseas 10 companies
Promotion of CSR procurement	Supplier CSR audit 6 companies or more
	Preparation of CSR audit procedure Same as left