Human Rights in the Supply Chain

In recent years, more and more emphasis has been placed on addressing human rights in the supply chain. We plainly stated in the Shinko Way Code of Conduct, which expresses the values common across the Shinko Group, that “We respect human rights.” Based on this philosophy, we have included items on human rights in our Procurement Guidelines. We comply with these ourselves and ask our suppliers to do the same.
Specifically, we have a high regard for and grapple with the RBA Code of Conduct. We use a questionnaire on corporate social responsibility conforming to the RBA Code of Conduct to confirm our main suppliers’ status of compliance with the Code.  In addition to this survey, we conduct on-the-spot inspections of work sites, etc., twice a year for in-house contractors at our plants. Through these activities, we have confirmed that there were no problems under the RBA Code of Conduct and related laws and regulations in FY2022.