（1）Areas covered in this report
Target Organizations
DOWA Holdings and subsidiaries (both in Japan and other countries) that are included in our consolidated accounting are selected in these reports. Data on some of our efforts are only associated to DOWA Holdings and other major companies of the group.
Target Areas of the Report
This report was prepared based on the four areas of the DOWA Group’s CSR policy ‒ Corporate Governance, Safety, Environment, and Society. We report on each policy, the status of progress for important issues and initiatives of the target organizations.
Target Audience
This report is intended for our customers, stockholders, investors, clients, local communities, researchers, students, employees, rating & evaluation agencies, governmental agencies, NGO’s, NPO’s and all stakeholders of the DOWA group’s business activities.
Target Period
We mainly report on the activities of FY 2018 (April 2018 to March 2019), but in order to convey more accurate information, we also report about some of our previous initiatives or most recent activities.
Reference Guidelines
- UN Global Compact
- ISO 26000
- Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2018 version) by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment
（2）Publishing of the Website Version
This report highlights and reports CSR activities of the DOWA group, focusing on some important points, to provide an overview of those activities in an easy-to-understand way. For more details, visit our website. Check our website for detailed information about the topics with below mark.
（3）Basic Information
| Publication date |
December 2019 |
| Next scheduled publication date |
November 2020 |
| Department that prepared the report |
Environment & Safety Department, DOWA Holdings |
| Website URL |
http://www.dowa.co.jp（Japanese）
http://www.dowa.co.jp/index_e.html（English） |
| Inquiries |
Environment & Safety Department, DOWA Holdings
22F, Akihabara UDX., 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,101-0021 Japan
TEL：03-6847-1104 FAX：03-6847-1277
Email：info_dowa@dowa.co.jp |
