Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
Targets |
Creating a resource-recycling society Enhancing products and services that reduce social and environmental risks |
Further strengthening the recycling-oriented business model |
Number of themes for creating arteriovenous collaborative businesses |
3 new themes or higher (FY2027) |
Expansion of items of recycled metals and metal products |
Number of recycled metal certified items (FY2024:8 items) |
15 items or higher (FY2027) |
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Promotion of recycling that contributes to green transformation (GX) |
Volume of spent lithium-ion batteries recycled and processed (FY2024=100%) |
400% (FY2027) |
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Responding to climate change |
Management for GHG reduction |
GHG emissions (Scope 1 and 2) |
Reduction by 22% compared to FY2013 (FY2027) |
Creating and expanding products and services that contribute to society's measures to combat climate change |
Number of items of DOWA Green Action (FY2024:22 items) |
50 items or higher (FY2027) |
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Protecting the environment |
Strengthening environmental management system that compliant with ISO 14001 and EA21 certification |
Ratio of business locations operating under the DOWA’s EHS-MS (environmental, health, and safety management system) |
100% (FY2027) |
Prevention of pollution and environmental accidents |
Number of environmental accidents |
0 |
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Conservation of biodiversity |
Information disclosure based on the TNFD |
Establishment a system to approach to biodiversity |
Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
Targets |
Ensuring occupational safety and health |
Strengthening health and safety management system that compliant with ISO 45001 certification |
Ratio of business locations operating under the DOWA’s EHS-MS (environmental, health, and safety management system) |
100% (FY2027) |
Prevention of recurrence of work-related accidents |
Frequency rate (including dispatch workers and contractors) |
0.7 |
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Severity rate (including dispatch workers and contractors) |
0.01 |
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Permeating of health and productivity management |
Ratio of employees who received regular medical examinations (Groupwide) |
100% |
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Strengthening the promotion framework of health and productivity management |
Expansion of the quality and quantity of health and productivity management |
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Enhancing human capital |
Reduction of resignation rate |
Retention rate of new hires three years after employment (HD employees)(*) |
100% |
Greater support for balancing childcare and nursing care with work |
Ratio of male employees taking childcare leave (HD employees)(*) |
100% (FY2027) |
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Reduction of working hours |
Ratio of employees taking paid leave |
80% |
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Promotion of the participation and advancement of women |
Ratio of new hires who are women (HD employees)(*) |
30% |
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Respecting human rights |
Strengthening the Group's human rights response |
Identification of key human rights risks in the value chain |
Identifying and addressing salient human rights issues |
Spreading awareness of human rights |
Implementation of education on key human rights risks |
Continuous implementation and expansion of contents |
(*)HD employees include those seconded from DOWA HOLDINGS to group companies, excluding those seconded to DOWA HOLDINGS from group companies.
Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
Targets |
Strengthening corporate governance Promoting risk management |
Cultivating a control environment |
Strengthening internal control education |
Expansion of hierarchical education |
Upgrading the quality assurance |
Strengthening quality management system that compliant with ISO 9001 certification |
Compliance rate of domestic business locations with products |
100% (FY2027) |
Strengthening quality assurance education |
Number of participants |
500 total (FY2025-FY2027) |
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Driving DX (data utilization) |
Business transformation through DX, AI and cloud utilization |
DX Promotion Indicators (management side) (FY2024:3.0)(*) |
3.3 (FY2027) |
Strengthening IT governance |
DX Promotion Indicators (IT side) (FY2024:2.7)(*) |
3.0 (FY2027) |
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Development of DX-proficient human resources |
Number of DX engineers trained |
150 total (FY2025-FY2027) |
(*) DX promotion indicators are based on those created by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
FY2023 Results |
Targets |
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) |
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 |
Expansion of sales of key products and services based on customer needs |
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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 roadmap for responding to climate change - Developed contribution targets for our products and services that contribute to the reduction of GHG emissions in society |
- Publication of TCFD Report - Create a roadmap for climate change response |
Establishment of company-wide policies and targets for climate change response |
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TCFD initiatives |
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Materiality 4 Protecting the environment |
Establishment of an environmental management system (Establish and maintain an ISO 14001- 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) |
Improvement of risk management (Minimize risk of environmental accidents and improve response capabilities) |
Number of environmental accidents |
4 |
0 |
(*) “Recycled raw materials” in this item includes secondary smelting raw materials other than recycled raw materials for Kosaka Smelting and Refining Co., Ltd.
Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
FY2023 Results |
Targets |
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) |
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 |
Implement job satisfaction surveys for employees |
Continued survey implementation |
Conduct surveys on a regular basis |
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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 Policy for Human Resources Development |
Announce and disseminate policy |
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Development of global human resources (Build a system to impart basic knowledge necessary foroverseas assignments to be implemented one year prior to assignment) |
Implementation of education before overseas assignments and expansion to include post-assignment education |
Continued post-assignment online education |
Continue implementation of educational programs |
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Greater support for balancing childcare and nursing care with work |
Increase in the ratio of men that take childcare leave (HD employees)(*) |
73.7% |
100% (FY2024) |
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Reduction of working hours |
Increase in the ratio of annual paid leave days taken |
88.6% |
80% or higher |
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Promotion of the participation and advancement of women |
Increase in the ratio of new hires who are women (HD employees)(*) |
27% |
30% or higher |
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Promotion of the participation and advancement of employees up to the age of 65 |
Introduction of an option to postpone retirement |
Introduced at business subsidiaries (98% introduction rate) |
Introduce at all subsidiaries |
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Protection of human rights |
Elimination of harassment |
Began diversity, equity, and inclusion training |
Continue to implement training |
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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) |
(*)HD employees include those seconded from DOWA HOLDINGS to group companies, excluding those seconded to DOWA HOLDINGS from group companies.
Materiality |
Major Initiatives |
Indicators (KPIs) |
FY2023 Results |
Targets |
Materiality 7 Promoting risk management |
Creation of an ISO 9001 compliant system |
Compliance rate of business locations that create products |
78% |
80% (FY2024) |
Establishment of quality assurance education |
Number of participants |
166 (total of 335) |
350 total (FY2022 to FY2024) |
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Materiality 8 Strengthening corporate governance |
Effective and efficient development and operation of internal control systems |
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Materiality 9 Driving DX (data utilization) |
Building of IT infrastructure |
Operation of a Groupwide cloud platform |
Start of operation (August 2023) |
Start operation in the second half of FY2023 |
Development of DX-proficient human resources |
Number of personnel trained |
54 (total of 121) |
80 total (FY2022 to FY2024) |