In striving to achieve sustainability, the Nisshinbo Group is committed to the following initiatives in Japan and overseas.
Global Initiatives
Support to The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) recommends that companies identify and disclose the financial impacts of the risks and opportunities posed by climate change. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. expresses its support for the TCFD's recommendations and discloses the financial impacts based on the Framework.
Please refer to the following URL for the official TCFD website.
https://www.fsb-tcfd.org/
Endorsement of the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI)
Nisshinbo Textile Inc.
PT. Nikawa Textile Industry in Indonesia and Nisshinbo Do Brasil Industria Textil LTDA. in Brazil have endorsed the Better Cotton Initiative (BCI).
BCI is an international NGO that works to solve problems faced by cotton farmers, such as improving the massive consumption of water, improving the global environmental burden caused by excessive pesticide application, and improving producer rights. Farmers, spinners, suppliers, retailers, and civic organizations have endorsed BCI as stakeholders. The Nisshinbo Group company is contributing to sustainable cotton production by actively purchasing raw cotton from BCI member farmers and selling to BCI member apparel companies.
Please refer to the following URL for the official BCI website.
https://bettercotton.org/
Japan Initiatives
Endorsement to the Federation of Keidanren's Declaration of Biodiversity and Guidelines for Action
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
The Nisshinbo Group has endorsed Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) established the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund and the Keidanren Nature Conservation Council in 1992 and has been engaged in various biodiversity conservation activities. In December 2022, at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15), the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted as a new global target to replace the Aichi Targets. In response to this, the Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline were revised again in 2023.
Please refer to the following URL for the Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline.
https://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/2023/082_proposal.html
In 2009, the Nisshinbo Group endorsed the Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline, established by the Keidanren, and after conducting surveys and educational programs, launched the Biodiversity Conservation Activities in 2015, expanding the scope of our Activities.
Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan Radio Co., Ltd.
The Nisshinbo Group supports the Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline and participates in the Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation. As of November 30, 2024, 356 companies and organizations participated in this initiative, and the Nisshinbo Group is also featured. Keidanren outlined a concrete plan of action to achieve nature positivity (nature conservation and restoration) by 2030 and aim for a society that coexists with nature. Through this plan, Keidanren aims to promote biodiversity conservation activities and contribute to the achievement of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework* and the SDGs.
* Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: An international framework that aims to achieve a world in harmony with nature by 2050 and to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.
Please refer to the URL below for details of the Keidanren Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation.
https://www.keidanren-biodiversity.jp/logo_en.php
Participating in the Japan Business and Biodiversity Partnership
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. participates in the Japan Business and Biodiversity Partnership, a group that engages in activities to conserve biodiversity. The Partnership is composed of economic organizations, businesses, NGOs, and local governments.
Nisshinbo launched biodiversity conservation activities in FY2015, and as of the end of FY2024, the Group conducted 13 cases of biodiversity conservation activities in Japan, and 5 cases overseas.
Please refer to the following URL for the Action Guidelines for the Japan Business and Biodiversity Partnership.
https://www.env.go.jp/press/files/jp/15694.pdf
Participation in Keidanren's Challenge Zero
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc.
The Nisshinbo Group participates Challenge Zero (Challengenet Zero Carbon Innovation), a project led by the Federation of the Japanese Economic Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "Keidanren"), participates.
Challenge Zero is a new initiative in which the Keidanren, in cooperation with the Japanese government, strongly promotes and publicizes innovative action by companies and organizations in Japan and overseas that are tackling the challenge of realizing a "decarbonizing society." This initiative positions the aims of the International Framework for Climate Change Control, known as the Paris Agreement, as a long-term goal.
In light of the goal of Challenge Zero, Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. will promote the creation of innovation in order to reduce greenhouse gases and contribute to the realization of a carbon-free society through its business activities.
Please refer to the following URL for the official Keidanren "Challenge Zero" website. View case studies of the Group's efforts to realize a decarbonizing society is presented.
https://www.challenge-zero.jp/en/
General business owner action plan based on the law for the promotion of women's activity
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan Radio Co., Ltd., JRC Tokki Co., Ltd., JRC Engineering Co., Ltd., Japan Radio Glass Co., Ltd., JRC System Service Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Manufacturing Co., Ltd., NJ Components Co., Ltd., Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd., KOKUSAI DENKI Electric Inc., HYS Engineering Service Inc., GOYO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc., Nisshinbo Micro Devices AT Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Micro Devices Fukuoka Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Brake Inc., Nisshinbo Mechatronics Inc., Nanbu Plastics Co., Ltd., Kyushu Nanbu Plastics Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Chemical Inc., Nisshinbo Textile Inc., Tokyo Shirts Co., Ltd., NISSHINTOA IWAO INC.
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. has formulated a general business owner action plan based on the Law for the Promotion of Women's Activities, and each company has set specific targets and achievement periods, mainly for the number of women in management positions and the ratio of female employees. Similar initiatives are being implemented at Group companies (listed above) in Japan other than the Company.
Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children-General Action Plan
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Japan Radio Glass Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd., JRC Tokki Co., Ltd., JRC Engineering Co., Ltd., JRC System Services Co., Ltd., JRC Logistics Service Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagano Communications Sales Co., Ltd., NJ Components Co., Ltd., Asashina Nichimu Co., Ltd., KOKUSAI DENKI Electric Inc., HYS Engineering Service Inc., GOYO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc., Nisshinbo Micro Devices AT Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Micro Devices Fukuoka Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Brake Inc., Nisshinbo Mechatronics Inc., Nanbu Plastics Co., Ltd., Kyushu Nanbu Plastics Co., Ltd., Nisshinbo Chemical Inc., Nisshinbo Textile Inc., Tokyo Shirts Co., Ltd., NISSHINTOA IWAO INC.
To maintain an environment in which employees can display their abilities as well as balance their work and private lives, Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. and the Group's other companies (the above) in Japan are formulating their next general action plans in accordance with the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children.
Declaration to Build Partnerships
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Nisshinbo Micro Devices Inc., Nisshinbo Brake Inc.
The "Declaration to Build Partnerships" mechanism was established in May 2020 at the "Council for Promoting Partnership Building for the Future," whose members include relevant cabinet ministers (Cabinet Office, METI, MHLW, MAFF, MLIT, and Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary), Keidanren Chairman, NCCI President, and RENGO Chairman. This "Declaration of Partnership Building" is a declaration of efforts for cooperation, coexistence and co-prosperity with suppliers in the supply chain, and compliance with desirable business practices between parent companies and subcontractors (the "Promotion Standards" based on the Law for the Promotion of Small and Medium-sized Subcontractors): prevention of "wrinkling of trade terms and conditions." The Group declared in 2020 and is promoting cooperation with suppliers.
Please refer to the following URL for the official website of the "Declaration to Build Partnerships."
https://www.biz-partnership.jp/
Assisting Workers in Balancing Work and Nursing Care
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc., Japan Radio Co., Ltd., JRC Tokki Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Co., Ltd., Nagano Japan Radio Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ueda Japan Radio Co., Ltd., KOKUSAI DENKI Electric Inc., HYS Engineering Service Inc., Nisshinbo Brake Inc., Nisshinbo Mechatronics Inc., Nisshinbo Chemical Inc., Nisshinbo Textile Inc.
Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. and other group companies are promoting initiatives to support the balancing of work and nursing care, and the above 12 companies disclose their efforts in the "Support for Balancing Work and Nursing Care" section.
Please refer to the following URL for the official website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "Support for Balancing Work and Nursing Care."
https://ryouritsu.mhlw.go.jp/
