Material Issue 3
Ensuring Social Safety and Security
Background
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Social and environmental issue outlook for 2030 Due to the aging of factories and equipment, staff shortages and the retirement of veteran employees with a wealth of experience, among other factors, the risk of disasters at manufacturing sites has increased and the risk of workplace accidents is also considered to rise. In order to attract personnel, however, companies must provide safer workplace environments. In addition, cyber-attacks have become increasingly frequent and sophisticated. The total damage could reach as much as 90 trillion dollars* worldwide. To make society safer and more secure, it is vital to visualize threats to social infrastructure and workplaces, as well as information security risks, and to improve the products and services that contribute to people's work and livelihoods. * Source: "Risk Nexus," Zurich Insurance Group and the Atlantic Council, 2015 |
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Opportunities for Konica Minolta to create value, and risks to be minimized |
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Vision for 2030 and Medium-Term Plan
Enhancing safety and security in the workplaces and daily lives of customers and society, while minimizing risks associated with Konica Minolta’s products and services
For metrics/targets and results over the years, please refer to the "Ensuring Social Safety and Security" table in the Sustainability Goals and Results page's list of goals and results (PDF).
Konica Minolta's Approach
Konica Minolta will contribute to creating a safe and secure society, and provide solutions that help create secure environments in manufacturing sites, offices, and IT systems. Specifically, the company will work to provide solutions that make risks visible in workplaces using imaging IoT technology and to achieve workplaces that ensure a high degree of information security.
Konica Minolta possesses proprietary technologies in the fields of optical and image processing, as well as analysis and imaging AI technologies. It is also deeply involved in the main processes at each stage of the supply and value chains for various industries. Using the valuable information it has accumulated through these activities, Konica Minolta is able to offer solutions that help customers to raise product quality and enhance safety and security in the workplace, while driving innovation across various industries. With the technology to visually detect changes and warning signs invisible to the human eye, the company will continue providing new value in areas such as public security, factory safety, and product inspection.
As a manufacturer, Konica Minolta also evaluates all risks at each stage of its product and service life cycles, and works to minimize information security risks and health problems.
Businesses: Providing safety and security in the workplaces of corporate clients and in society
●Monitoring in safety and security domains such as quality inspection
- Revolutionizing the visual inspection process of automobiles - Automatic Visual Inspection System
- Supporting quality and hygiene management at manufacturing sites - FORXAI Mirror
●Providing occupational safety support solutions
●Providing solutions that help to improve customers’ information security
Internal Action: Minimizing Risks Related to the Safety and Security of Konica Minolta Products and Services
●Enhancing user safety for products and services
●Eliminating chemical substances harmful to health
●Thoroughly preventing major information security accidents