（1）Scope of the Report
Target Organizations
In principle, it covers the entire group including DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries (in Japan and overseas). However, some initiatives are associated with DOWA Holdings and major group companies.
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
The target audience is all stakeholders involved with the corporate activities of the DOWA Group, including customers, shareholders & investors, business partners, local communities, researchers, employees, rating & evaluation agencies, government agencies and NGOs & NPOs.
Target Period
We mainly report the activities of FY 2016 (April 2016 to March 2017), but in order to convey more accurate information, we also report about some of our previous initiatives or most recent activities.
Reference Guidelines
- The UN Global Compact
- ISO 26000
- Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2012 version) by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment
（2）Publishing of the Website Version
In this report, we are editing and reporting on the main points in order to make the overall picture of the DOWA Group’s CSR activities easy to understand. Detailed information and data are posted on our website (scheduled to be published in December 2017). For information with the following mark, please refer to our website.
If errors are found after publication of the CSR Report (print version), they will be reported on our website.
（3）Next Scheduled Publication Date
| Publication Date |
December 2017 |
| Next Scheduled Publication Date |
November 2018 |
| 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 |
CSR Department, DOWA Holdings
22nd Floor, Akihabara UDX., 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
Japan 101-0021
TEL：03-6847-1104 FAX：03-6847-1277
E-mail address:info_dowa@dowa.co.jp |
