Sustainability at the H.U. Group

The H.U. Group Management Philosophy consists of three main declarations; Mission, Vision, and Values. We believe we can fulfill our sustainability through our business activities, which we base on our management philosophy. By means of this framework, we create strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, engaging in initiatives to solve social issues through our business activities.

For the H.U. Group Management Philosophy, click here.

The H.U. Group has been working to address materialities (material issues) related to sustainability by setting and disclosing KPIs (key performance indicators) and targets related to sustainability activities under the H.U. Group Sustainability Roadmap, and pursuing initiatives toward their achievement. In the two-year roadmap starting from FY 2023, although we fell short of our CO₂ emissions reduction targets and percentage of male employees taking paternity leave, the remaining nine targets were achieved.

We established KPIs for each materiality as non-financial indicators for the realization of our Mission and Vision along with conducting a major revision of our materiality that was timed with the formulation of the Current Medium-term Business Plan, which begins in April 2025, and aims to fully integrate our management plan, business plan, and sustainability materialities.
We considered many different perspectives when identifying our materialities and establishing KPIs, including the Group’s philosophy and discussions held during the formulation of the Current Medium-term Business Plan. After discussions at the management level and taking into account insights gained through dialogue with shareholders and institutional investors, six materialities were identified with the approval of both the Sustainability Committee and the Board of Directors.
The Group will strive to achieve these non-financial targets by the end of FY 2029, with the aim of enhancing corporate value.

Refer to Materiality

The H.U. Group Sustainability Committee, which is chaired by the H.U. Group Holdings CEO, discusses the Group's sustainability action plans. The committee monitors the progress of the action plans at each Group company and also gathers and shares information about the latest activities conducted by other companies. The committee also sets up subcommittees led by the division heads of related operations to execute the sustainability action plan.
Contents of discussion and resolutions made and passed by the committee are reported to the Board of Directors.