Social Responsibility

Corporate Governance

Basic Concept

The Konica Minolta Group believes that strengthening corporate governance is a vital part of fulfilling its responsibilities to stakeholders. With the aim of increasing corporate value, the Group has created a management and governance structure that allows more timely and suitable decision making on matters such as restructuring and more organizational flexibility in the face of market change.
In 2000, Konica Minolta introduced an executive officer system, and clarified the separation of functions between the directors that supervise management decisions and the executive officers that execute management decisions, which has resulted in an increase in management execution speed. Moreover, the Group is striving to improve the transparency and soundness of management by strengthening the supervisory function of the Board of Directors. In 2002, Konica Minolta also began appointing outside directors to its board, which has increased the objectivity of its supervisory function. At the time of the management integration in 2003, the Group adopted a holding company framework based on a company-with-committees system.
Through these management and governance systems, Konica Minolta has improved shareholder value and corporate value by strengthening its business and responding to the diverse expectations of society.