De Castro Group's effort for the SDGs
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by the UN Sustainable Development Summit in September 2015. The agenda includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets such as ending poverty and inequality and taking action on climate change.
Identifying Our Materiality
1.Identifying Issues
We referred to international guidelines including ISO 26000 and the GRI Standards, as well as the evaluation items used by major ESG evaluation organizations (FTSE, etc.), to identify issues according to the demands of societies and our mission, vision, and values.
2. Determining the Impact
We assessed the level of impact on both society and our Group and mapped it onto two axes.
3. Evaluating Validity
We confirmed the validity of the plan by examining it from a variety of perspectives, such as through deliberations among divisional managers, discussions with other companies, and interviews with outside directors.
4. Deliberation and Approval
After deliberation by the Management Council, the proposal was approved by the Board of Directors.
The relationships between this materiality and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are shown in the following table. We will continue to advance our initiatives while incorporating the perspectives of various stakeholders.
Relationships with Stakeholders
The De Castro Group’s business operations depend on relationships of trust with our stakeholders. We believe that corporate value is raised by understanding the requirements and meeting the expectations of various stakeholders such as customers, shareholders and investors, business partners, local communities, the general public, and employees.
We provide many opportunities for communication to enable our business operations to be improved through dialog with stakeholders.
Communication with stakeholders is a key point to allign interests and secure support and consistency to actions to take along the time.