With the progress of globalization, companies are trying to get to grips with international norms such as the World Declaration on Human Rights, the ILO’s Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. As such the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group is required to address human rights issues of various stakeholders affected by its business activities, and not just within the organization.
Based on the content of its respect for human rights in its CSR Code of Ethics, the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group has established a human rights policy which sets out the Group’s due diligence on human rights, the remedies and corrective measures to be taken in the face of human rights abuses, and education on human rights. The Group will continue to fulfill its responsibility to respect human rights throughout all of its business activities.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group, in accordance with its human rights policy, participates in external projects related to human rights and conducts training on the theme of various human rights issues that arise in business execution, with the aim of raising awareness and building a culture of respect for human rights. For fiscal 2024, we endorsed the Basic Guidelines for the Acceptance of Foreign Nationals set forth by the SEIDANREN. In-house training was also conducted for directors and managers on the subject of Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities. Furthermore, we will conduct surveys of business partners and identify human rights issues by understanding their working environments.
* My Declaration of Human Rights is an initiative that aims to realize a society where everyone respects each other’s human rights, through declarations by companies, organizations, and individuals which express that they will take actions to respect human rights. For companies and organizations, the objective is to encourage human rights initiatives through management’s determination and commitment to respect human rights.
In order to respect the human rights of all stakeholders involved in our business activities, the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group will continue to develop our system to implement human rights due diligence to identify and mitigate impacts on human rights, based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Japanese government’s Guidelines for Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains.
In April 2024, as an initial process, we conducted a human rights risk questionnaire for YAMADA HOLDINGS and YAMADA DENKI to identify key human rights risks. Going forward, we will promote initiatives based on the results of the survey.
