The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group positions compliance as one of the most important management issues, and recognizes that, as a corporate citizen, not only legal compliance, but also compliance with social norms is essential. By practicing the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group Code of Conduct which serves as an action guideline for realizing the Group’s management philosophy, we are making all of our employees more aware about the issue of compliance and we are working to establish and thoroughly ensure compliance is carried out.
YAMADA HOLDINGS has established a Compliance Committee, chaired by the director in charge, to ensure thorough compliance throughout the Group. At the monthly Compliance Committee meeting, the status of compliance management at each Group company is confirmed to identify any problems and discuss improvement measures. The Group is also striving to improve its compliance system through various subcommittee topics. Compliance committees are also held once a month at Group companies to exchange opinions and to hold study sessions on issues arising from each company. Content from all committee discussions is reported to the Board of Directors as required with information shared and any appropriate measures taken.
Our company holds compliance training to further promote understanding of topics under discussion. Every year, the Legal Affairs Office selects topics that are strongly related to the work of the Group and those that are based on recent legal reforms. Our training in FY2025 was designed to improve more specific knowledge by collaborating with related departments such as the Sustainability Promotion Department. In addition, we used online learning tools to support voluntary training by employees, and held study sessions for compliance officers of Group companies.
In order to prevent compliance violations, including on matters related to harassment, discrimination, bribery, corruption, and human rights, the YAMADA HOLDINGS Group operates an internal whistleblowing system by setting up a point of contact as a means to receive reports from all Group employees. Every effort is being made to protect whistleblowings based on the Rules on the Internal Whistleblowing System so that any person may be able to come forward anonymously. In March 2024, the whistleblower contact point was changed from internal to outsourced in order to strengthen the protection of whistleblowers. The Board of Directors regularly reports on the number of reports received, case summaries, results of responses to the reports, and the progress of those reports not yet fully addressed. A total of 391 whistleblowing reports were received in fiscal 2025, which were properly dealt with.
The YAMADA HOLDINGS Group has established its Basic Policy on Elimination of Antisocial Forces and is developing a system in collaboration with external specialist agencies and police authorities to deal with antisocial forces.
The Group strives to ensure fair and transparent transactions and to comply with the laws and regulations of each country based on its Trading Policy, which is a code of ethics for all employees, and its Antimonopoly Act Compliance Manual, as well as its Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Regulations, which were formulated in 2023. The Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Regulations prohibit all corrupt acts, including inappropriate entertainment and gifts that deviate from sound business practices, other acts, such as bribery and embezzlement, that provide benefits, the obstruction of justice, and insider trading. In FY2025, there were zero serious violations related to corrupt acts or the Antimonopoly Act or the Subcontractor Act.