The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group’s management philosophy is "Creation and Challenge" and "Appreciation and Trust." The Group is engaged in various businesses and initiatives for its own growth and development of society. It also plays a role in supporting the social infrastructure with a network that utilizes numerous types of store formats. With the aim of being a corporate Group that continues to grow with society, YAMADA HOLDINGS is promoting sustainability activities based on Appreciation and Trust with respect to its stakeholders in accordance with its specific guidelines, the Code of CSR Ethics. Furthermore, in order for the Group to continue to be a company that contributes to solving social issues and improves corporate value, it recognizes that consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is essential. By actively working both inside and outside the company, the Group will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group has established the ESG & Sustainability Promotion Committee as a place to deliberate policies and measures on environmental and social issues and to confirm the progress of its targets. The committee makes decisions on all the important matters related to ESG and sustainability. The four subcommittees under the ESG & Sustainability Promotion Committee, namely the Group CSR Subcommittee, the Environmental Measures Subcommittee, the Work Environment Improvement Subcommittee, and the CS Improvement Subcommittee, discuss the content of individual activities and confirm targets and progress of ongoing activities. In addition, a system for sharing and coordinating information on efforts to create sustainable stores has been established in the Development and Refurbishment Committee, and on human rights issues and gender discrimination in the Human Resources and General Affairs Committee.
At YAMADA HOLDINGS Group, we recognize the importance of sustainability challenges and engage in business activities to address them in order to fulfill our mission of “Total-Living.” Our Group identifies and evaluates sustainability-related risks and opportunities to prioritize key issues, integrating them into our business activities while aiming to establish sustainability management. To help create a sustainable society through business as a Group, YAMADA HOLDINGS has formulated, and is working toward, goals linked to material issues related to the SDGs.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group recognizes that sustainability-related risks are serious risks to the sustainability of its business. Therefore, sustainability-related risks are incorporated into the companywide risk management framework, and the Risk Management Committee regularly reviews and evaluates these risks and opportunities to identify those that require priority attention. For high-priority risks, measures are considered by each subcommittee, implemented by relevant departments, and monitored to manage the risks effectively.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group sets targets for each of its material issues related to specific SDGs, and regularly monitors the progress of all metrics at the ESG & Sustainability Promotion Committee.
YAMADA HOLDINGS Group regularly conducts training on sustainability to promote activities across all companies in the Group.
In fiscal 2024 and in continuation from the previous year, videos talking about the sustainability issues that employees should be concerned about in their daily work and how to address these issues were shown to all employees, including those at Group companies, on the Group’s dedicated learning site, My Learning. YAMADA HOLDINGS has also established the SDGs Meister System, an internal certification system, as an educational system to help the Group face the key issues of the SDGs. The Group encourages its employees to gain qualifications for the purpose of improving knowledge about the SDGs and developing human resources who can see social issues as their own so they can change their actions. As of March 31, 2024, there were 875 certified employees in the program.
We will continue to promote and expand initiatives throughout the Group to further foster sustainability awareness among employees.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group is working to increase corporate value by building relationships of mutual appreciation and trust through a healthy dialogue with all its various stakeholders, including its customers, all its shareholders and investors, all its suppliers and business partners, and its employees and local communities.
