| Themes | Key Measures | Indicators | FY2023 Results |
Targets | Related Information | |
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| The Environment | Materiality 1 Creating a resource-recycling society |
Increase collection of recycled raw materials |
Volume of recycled raw materials collected by Kosaka Smelting & Refining (FY2021 = 100) |
108 | 110 (FY2024) |
Resource Recycling Initiatives |
| Volume of spent catalysts from automobile exhaust purification collected (FY2021 = 100） |
70 | 140 (FY2024) |
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| Volume of spent lithium-ion batteries recycled and processed (FY2021 = 100) |
202 | 400 (FY2024) |
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| Increase ratio of metals derived from recycled raw materials | Ratio of metals derived from recycling that are used in production (based on sales in the Nonferrous Metals Business)(*) |
58% | 70% (FY2024) |
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| Materiality 2 Enhancing products and services that reduce social and environmental risks |
Expanded sales of key products and services based on customer needs | Progress of Mid-term Plan 2024 Policy (the DOWA HD website) |
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| Materiality 3 Responding to climate change |
Promotion of company-wide activities to combat climate change | Establishment of a system to promote climate change response |
– Publication of a roadmap for climate change actions – Established contribution targets for our products and services that contribute to GHG reduction |
– Publication of TCFD Report – Creating a roadmap for climate change actions |
Climate Change Initiatives | |
| Establishment of company-wide policies and targets for climate change response | ||||||
| TCFD initiatives | ||||||
| Materiality 4 Protecting the environment |
Establishment of an environmental management system (Establish and maintain an ISO14001- or EA21- compliant systems) |
Ratio of business locations operating under DOWA’s EHS-MS (environment, health, and safety management system) that compliant with ISO-certification | 80% | 100％ (by March 31, 2025) |
Environmental Management Initiatives | |
| Improvement of risk management (Minimize risk of environmental accidents and improve response capabilities) |
Number of environmental accidents | 4 | 0 | |||
| Social | Materiality 5 Ensuring occupational safety and health |
Improvement of management system | Ratio of business locations operating under the DOWA’s EHS-MS | 13% | 100% (by March 31, 2025) |
Occupational Health and Safety Initiatives |
| Prevention of recurrence of work-related accidents | Frequency rate (including dispatch workers, excluding contractors) |
1.63 | 0.7 (FY2024) |
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| Severity rate (including dispatch workers, excluding contractors) |
0.03 | 0.01 (FY2024) |
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| Promoting Health Management | Ratio of employees who received regular medical examinations | 96.9％ (Tokyo area) |
100％ (Groupwide) |
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| Materiality 6 Increasing organizational power (including promotion of diversity, job security, and human resource development) |
Reduction of resignation rate | Average retention rate three years after joining the Company (for new graduates at DOWA Holdings) | 94% | Maintain 100% rate | Human Resource Development Initiatives | |
| Implement job satisfaction surveys for employees | Continued to conduct surveys | Conduct surveys on a regular basis | ||||
| Disclosure of Policy for Human Resources Development (Formulate policy and disseminate via the DOWA corporate website and the in-Company portal site) | Formulation of a human resource development policy and to be published inside and outside the Company | Developed an education management system under the human resource development policy | Announce and disseminate policy | |||
| Development of global human resources (Build a system to impart basic knowledge necessary for overseas assignments to be implemented one year prior to assignment) | Implementation of education before overseas assignments and expansion to include postassignment education | Continued online education after assignment | Continue implementation of educational programs | |||
| Greater support for balancing childcare and nursing care with work | Increase in the ratio of men that take childcare leave | 73.7% | 100% (FY2024) |
Employment, Labor, and Diversity Initiatives | ||
| Reduction of working hours | Increase in the ratio of annual paid leave days taken | 88.6% | 80% or higher | |||
| Promotion of the participation and advancement of women | Increase in the ratio of new hires who are women (DOWA Holdings) |
27% | 30% or higher | |||
| Promotion of the participation and advancement of employees up to the age of 65 | Introduction of an option to postpone retirement | Introduced to most business subsidiaries (98％) |
Introduce a Groupwide system | |||
| Protection of human rights | Elimination of harassment | Began diversity, equity, and inclusion training | Continue to implement training | |||
| Promotion of the participation and advancement of people with disabilities | Ratio of employment of people with disabilities | 2.5％ (DOWA Holdings) | 2.3% or higher (Groupwide) | |||
| Governance | Materiality 7 Promoting risk management |
Creation of an ISO 9001- or OHSAS-compliant system | Compliance rate of business locations that create products | 78% | 80% (FY2024) |
Quality Control Initiatives |
| Establishment of quality assurance education | Number of participants | 166 (335 in total) |
350 in total (FY2022 to FY2024) |
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| Materiality 8 Strengthening corporate governance |
Effective and efficient development and operation of internal control systems | Corporate Governance Initiatives | ||||
| Materiality 9 Driving DX (data utilization) |
Build IT infrastructure | Operation of a Groupwide cloud platform | Started operation in August 2023 | Start operation in the second half of FY2023 | DX (Digital Transformation) Initiatives | |
| Develop DX-proficient human resources | Number of personnel trained | 54 (121 in total) |
80 in total (FY2022 to FY2024) |
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(*)”Recycled raw materials” includes secondary smelting raw materials other than recycled raw materials for Kosaka Smelting & Refining