Sustainability Management

At Konica Minolta, the President and CEO, who also serves as a Director, holds ultimate responsibility and authority for overall sustainability management and is accountable for ensuring its effectiveness. Under the President and CEO, the officers responsible for each sustainability issue promote sustainability management across the Group. Discussions and decision-making on key sustainability issues, like other important management issues, take place at the Management Council and other meeting bodies attended by the President, Executive Officers, and Corporate Vice Presidents.
Medium-term business plans for sustainability issues are formulated by the respective officers in charge and consolidated into the Company-wide business plan. Following deliberation and approval by the Management Council and other meeting bodies, the plans are submitted to the Board of Directors for approval. Materiality is also reviewed as part of the process of formulating the medium-term business plan. Led by the officer in charge of Corporate Planning, the officers responsible for each sustainability issue conduct rolling reviews to assess the degree of change in risks and make revisions as necessary. Following deliberation and approval by the Management Council and other meeting bodies, any revisions are submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.
The officers responsible for each sustainability issue establish “Promotion Committees” as necessary to consider and promote medium-term sustainability plans. For example, the “Group Environmental Promotion Committee” has been established to consider and promote the Group’s medium-term environmental plan. Chaired by the Manager of the Corporate Planning Division, the committee includes persons responsible for promotion appointed from among the heads of business units, corporate divisions, and other organizations. It deliberates on medium-term and annual environmental plans, reviews progress on a quarterly basis, and considers environmental issues facing the Group.

Konica Minolta believes that dialogue with diverse stakeholders including customers, employees, local and global communities, business partners, shareholders and investors is essential to creating both social and business value. Therefore, in addition to each relevant department engaging in ongoing dialogue, the Company proactively creates opportunities for communication, involving executives and discloses information through various communication tools to promote understanding of Konica Minolta. Among the insights gained through dialogue with stakeholders, those considered important to management are shared with senior management as appropriate and used to improve management as well as products and services.

Konica Minolta does business around the world. While its customers vary by business, the main customers of its major business include corporations, government agencies, and hospitals.

Throughout its global operations, Konica Minolta acts as a responsible member of every community where it operates.

Konica Minolta procures raw materials, parts and components from many suppliers for each of the Group’s businesses. The majority of these suppliers are located in Japan, China, and elsewhere in Asia.

Konica Minolta, Inc. has high proportions of institutional and overseas investors among its shareholders and is therefore expected to conduct a broad range of IR activities both in Japan and overseas.

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