Supply Chain Management

Konica Minolta is committed to improving sustainability not only in terms of its own products but also throughout its supply chain, based on relationships of trust with suppliers.
Based on relationships of trust with suppliers, Konica Minolta believes that improving sustainability not only in terms of its own products but also throughout the entire supply chain is crucial. The Company positions suppliers involved in the supply of raw materials and parts, production, logistics, and services as essential partners in business activities and strives to establish strong relationships of trust by ensuring fair and transparent transactions.
Products and services are supported by a supply chain that spans diverse regions and processes. This process is closely linked to various social issues, such as concerns about forced labor, child labor, working environments, occupational health and safety, environmental impact, and corporate ethics. Therefore, Konica Minolta practices appropriate management and problem-solving across the entire supply chain, extending beyond the Company itself. By providing products and services that customers can select with peace of mind, the Company aims to achieve “the creation of shared value.”
To achieve these goals, Konica Minolta has established the Konica Minolta Group Human Rights Policy and the Konica Minolta Procurement Policy as policies and standards for the supply chain, along with the Konica Minolta Supply Chain Code of Conduct, which is based on the RBA^* Code of Conduct. By requesting suppliers to comply with these standards, the Company promotes appropriate management and continuous improvement in the fields of labor (human rights), health and safety, the environment, and ethics. Furthermore, the procurement of mineral resources is positioned as a critical issue. Acknowledging that human rights abuses in conflict-affected and high-risk areas and the funding of armed groups have become international challenges, Konica Minolta has established the Konica Minolta Responsible Minerals Procurement Policy and is moving forward with its response to this issue.
Based on these policies and standards, Konica Minolta systematically promotes initiatives for sustainable procurement and responsible minerals sourcing across the entire supply chain. Through a series of activities — including embedding requirements among suppliers, identifying and assessing risks, and supporting corrective actions and improvements — the Company seeks to build a fully responsible supply chain.

*RBA (Responsible Business Alliance): A non-profit organization primarily centered on the electronics industry, which strives to promote responsible business practices in global supply chains.

Konica Minolta has established a structure to promote sustainability initiatives across the entire supply chain on a cross-functional, group-wide basis.
Under the leadership of the Group Human Rights Officer (Executive Officer for Human Rights) appointed in fiscal 2026, Konica Minolta's initiatives to respect human rights are driven primarily by the Corporate Strategic Planning Division, which oversees sustainability, in coordination with promoting divisions such as corporate divisions and business units.
Starting in fiscal 2026, the Company established the Human Rights Promotion Committee to oversee human rights initiatives across the Group, with the goal of strengthening efforts to ensure respect for human rights is practiced across the Group. Supply chain sustainability initiatives are also integrated, executed, and managed within the framework of the Human Rights Promotion Committee. Specifically, under this committee, relevant departments collaborate to promote activities such as identifying and addressing risks related to human rights and labor, health and safety, the environment, and ethics at suppliers, verifying compliance with the Supply Chain Code of Conduct, and providing support for corrective actions.
Furthermore, the Company works to strengthen its governance structure by having the Group Human Rights Officer report the status of these initiatives and critical issues to the Board of Directors via the President and CEO.

Konica Minolta operates procurement activities globally. The Group's total procurement value amounts to approximately 550 billion yen, with approximately 2,500 suppliers. Regionally, procurement is conducted widely, centered on Japan, ASEAN, Europe, the United States, and China, establishing a supply chain supported by diverse regions and suppliers.
Procurement items are broadly categorized into parts and raw materials used directly in production (direct materials) and goods and services related to business operations and development (indirect materials). In procuring direct materials, the Company focuses on regionally optimized procurement, primarily sourcing from regions close to production sites, to reduce logistics costs and environmental impacts. On the other hand, for parts requiring advanced technology or high quality, the Company selects the most suitable global suppliers to ensure a stable and high-quality supply.
In indirect materials procurement, Konica Minolta conducts optimal sourcing adapted to the actual conditions of each region and site. The Company promotes procurement that considers environmental and social impacts alongside cost and quality. Through these initiatives spanning both direct and indirect materials, the Company balances business efficiency with sustainability.
Under this procurement structure, risks inherent in the supply chain are diversifying. Alongside issues concerning working environments, human rights, environmental impact reduction, legal compliance, and corporate ethics, responding to supply disruption risks caused by natural disasters or infectious diseases has taken on increased importance.
To address these risks and enhance the sustainability and resilience of the entire supply chain, Konica Minolta systematically promotes its procurement activities as sustainable procurement. Starting with sharing requirements based on policies and codes of conduct, the Company drives a series of initiatives that lead to identifying and assessing risks and correcting and improving issues through collaboration with suppliers.

To identify risks and ensure continuous improvement across the entire supply chain, the Company systematically organizes its procurement initiatives.
Konica Minolta systematizes its sustainable procurement initiatives using its Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program to address supply chain challenges and achieve continuous improvement.
An outline of each activity under the program follows.

Supplier Risk Assessment

Konica Minolta conducts risk assessments using an SAQ^* for critical suppliers selected based on transaction value and the scale of ESG risks. This process identifies inherent risks in the supply chain and clarifies response priorities.

*SAQ (Self-Assessment Questionnaire)

Konica Minolta conducts supplier risk assessments in stages to systematically assess inherent supply chain risks and clarify response priorities.
Rather than evaluating all suppliers uniformly, this initiative targets specific suppliers based on their business impact and risk level, facilitating efficient and highly effective risk identification. Specifically, the Company visualizes and prioritizes supply chain risks through two steps: selection of critical suppliers and risk assessment via SAQ.

Selection of critical suppliers

From its supplier base, Konica Minolta selects primary suppliers that cover approximately the top 80% of total procurement value as "critical suppliers," based on transaction amounts and supply chain impact. In addition, the Company adds suppliers to the evaluation target as necessary, considering impacts on production continuity — such as whether they handle critical components or whether there are alternative suppliers — as well as risk perspectives specific to countries/regions, business sectors, products, corporate governance, society, and the environment. This ensures the selection encompasses suppliers that are vital from a risk perspective, moving beyond value-based metrics alone. When a primary supplier is a trading company or distributor, the Company endeavors to understand the true state of the supply chain by tracing back to upstream suppliers responsible for actual manufacturing to conduct risk assessments.
Furthermore, while this initiative primarily targets direct materials suppliers, indirect materials suppliers are also included based on risk. Specifically, the Company identifies and assesses suppliers closely involved in business activities, such as on-site contractors and temporary staffing agencies at major manufacturing sites.

Risk assessment via SAQ

For the selected critical suppliers, Konica Minolta conducts risk assessments using an SAQ based on the RBA framework.
The SAQ quantitatively evaluates risks regarding management and initiative status in fields such as labor (human rights), health and safety, the environment, and ethics. The overall evaluation classifies suppliers into three categories: high risk, medium risk, and low risk. Based on these assessment results, Konica Minolta clarifies response directions and priorities according to the level of risk. For suppliers evaluated as high risk, the Company implements corrective actions by offering support for improvement and continuously monitoring progress, which leads to risk mitigation and continuous improvement in the supply chain.

KPI	Results			Targets
	FY2023	FY2024	FY2025	FY2025	FY2028
Number of critical suppliers	103	143	183	―	―
Number of assessments conducted	30	131	181	―	―
Assessment execution rate	31%	91.6%	98.9%	100%	95%

Risk Assessment Results for Critical Suppliers

Type of Indirect Materials Supplier		Number of Suppliers Assessed
		FY2024	FY2025
On-site Contractors	Cafeteria	4	3
	Security	3	2
	Maintenance	3	2
	Cleaning	3	2
	Others (medical, waste disposal, etc.)	2	2
Temporary Staffing and Contracting		11	1
Logistics / Warehousing Companies		5	5
Other		-	1
Total		31	18

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Based on the Konica Minolta Procurement Policy, the Digital Workplace and Professional Print businesses promote the procurement collaboration, through which Konica Minolta and its suppliers work together to drive continuous improvement. In this initiative, the Group shares challenges through dialogue with and visits to suppliers, makes proposals needed for their resolution, and provides concrete support aimed at comprehensive improvements in terms of quality, delivery, productivity, the environment, and business management. Suppliers also point out issues to Konica Minolta, which helps to improve issues with business transactions.

Konica Minolta has implemented environmental collaboration with suppliers to reduce environmental risk as a procurement collaboration in the area of the environment. This initiative creates solid partnerships through on-site assessments and educational support for suppliers in order to strengthen management of chemical substances included in the supply chain.
In fiscal 2025, Konica Minolta went directly to the manufacturing sites of 50 suppliers in and outside Japan to conduct on-site assessments, working with suppliers to strengthen the chemical substances management system. In addition, the Company confirms activities in areas such as labor, health and safety, the environment, and ethics at its suppliers’ manufacturing sites.
In addition, Konica Minolta has established an educational system focused on laws and regulations as well as on-site management that it uses to train suppliers’ internal assessors in an effort to support the independent management of chemical substances on the part of suppliers. Education on social trends and Konica Minolta’s initiatives was added to sustainable procurement initiatives starting in fiscal 2018. In fiscal 2025, Konica Minolta conducted 106 internal assessments.

In April 2026, Konica Minolta held a Business Partners Conference in Malaysia, attended by approximately 240 participants representing 118 suppliers from 7 countries worldwide. This conference is positioned as an important venue to share the direction of production and procurement activities and the approach to future value creation under long-term partnerships with suppliers. While it had been conducted remotely since 2020, this session marked the return to an in-person format for the first time in approximately seven years. On the day, the Company shared its business policies, medium- to long-term strategies, production/procurement strategies, and supply chain common challenges such as security and ESG. Through this process, Konica Minolta articulated its policy of working alongside suppliers on risk mitigation, transparency improvement, and resilience enhancement across the entire supply chain. Additionally, the Company honored 14 suppliers that achieved excellent results from the perspectives of safety, quality, cost, delivery, compliance, environment, and financial sustainability (SQCDCEF), sharing best practices and further strengthening partnerships.
Konica Minolta will continue to drive sustainable procurement and value creation across the entire supply chain through dialogue and collaboration with suppliers.

Regardless of the results of the Sustainable Procurement Promotion Program, Konica Minolta promotes the execution of RBA VAP audits and the acquisition of certification for certain suppliers involved in the Digital Workplace and Professional Print businesses, based on social expectations, customer requests, and bidding requirements. When suppliers undergo audits, Konica Minolta leverages its own auditing experience to support improvements.
As an example of implementation, the Company provided education for internal auditors at Dongguan Konka Mould Plastic Co., Ltd. in China, supporting the creation of a system to independently conduct internal audits and drive continuous improvement. Furthermore, for contract manufacturing facilities producing multi-functional peripheral (MFP) main bodies that underwent VAP audits, Konica Minolta shared its own improvement examples to support corrective actions.
In fiscal 2025, three suppliers underwent RBA VAP audits, and two successfully obtained certification.

As part of its initiatives for supply chain sustainability, Konica Minolta promotes responsible minerals procurement to address challenges in the sourcing of mineral resources.
It has been pointed out that the mining of mineral resources used in the manufacture of electronic equipment — such as tungsten, tantalum, gold, and tin — can serve as a source of funding for armed groups in conflict-affected and high-risk areas, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its surrounding regions, leading to severe human rights violations such as child labor and forced labor. To address these international challenges, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) established the Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (hereafter "OECD Guidance"), requiring companies to take appropriate measures throughout their supply chains.
Additionally, regulations in various countries and regions are tightening, such as the information disclosure requirements for conflict minerals (3TG)^*1 under Section 1502 of the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the implementation of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, and these moves demand a higher standard of compliance from companies. Furthermore, industry organizations such as the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)^*2 and the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)^*3 are also driving initiatives related to responsible minerals procurement.
In light of these international trends, Konica Minolta works to understand and mitigate risks in mineral procurement while striving to ensure sustainable procurement across the entire supply chain.

• *1Conflict minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold, derived from cassiterite, columbitetantalite (coltan), wolframite and gold ores, respectively.
• *2Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI): An international organization that supports responsible corporate practices in minerals procurement from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.
• *3Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA): An industry association in Japan’s IT and electronics sector with about 400 companies and organizations.

Konica Minolta carries out initiatives for responsible minerals procurement in line with the Five-Step Framework for Risk-Based Due Diligence in the Mineral Supply Chain in the OECD Guidance.

Konica Minolta has established the Konica Minolta Responsible Minerals Procurement Policy, which addresses the prevention of human rights violations caused by conflicts. The Company works to ensure that all suppliers of direct materials are made aware of this policy and requires, in its basic transaction contracts, that business partners engage in responsible minerals initiatives. In addition, a mechanism for implementing Responsible Minerals surveys, including production sites in Japan and overseas, has been prepared to identify the smelters or refiners in the supply chain. The management and staff in the procurement divisions in charge of procurement are given training to enhance their understanding of Responsible Minerals initiatives and motivate them. In addition, the grievance platform developed by RMI is used.

Using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) and Extended Minerals Reporting Template (EMRT) issued by RMI, Konica Minolta implements surveys on minerals of necessity for the high functionality of Konica Minolta products (3TG, cobalt and mica). The survey confirms the presence of 3TG, cobalt and mica, identifies their countries of origin, identifies the smelters or refiners in the Company’s supply chain, and confirms their due diligence. For risk assessment, Konica Minolta utilizes the Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), RMI’s conflict-free audit program. Based on the results of the survey and information about the identified smelters or refiners in the supply chain, Konica Minolta assesses the risk to the supply chain overall, by each supplier, and by each product. These results are reported to the Group Human Rights Officer.

Based on the results of the risk assessment, Konica Minolta provides information on the RMAP status of the smelters or refiners used by all suppliers of direct materials and requests that they switch to smelters or refiners certified under RMAP. Konica Minolta conveys any customer concerns to suppliers using smelters or refiners when customers have raised concerns about them, and asks that they respond appropriately, such as reassessing the smelters or refiners in question. Indirect efforts are also made to eliminate the risk of conflict complicity, such as activities building awareness about the issue of responsible minerals.

Konica Minolta is active as a member of RMI. In addition, through JEITA activities, smelters or refiners are encouraged to participate in RMAP.

Konica Minolta’s Responsible Minerals initiatives are disclosed every year on this website.

In fiscal 2025, many customers in the Digital Workplace Business, Professional Print Business, Industry Business, and Imaging Solutions Business requested Responsible Minerals surveys. Konica Minolta appropriately responded to all such customers by submitting responsible minerals survey forms and taking other necessary actions. Inquiries about responsible minerals other than surveys were also responded to appropriately, based on survey results and the Company’s own initiatives. In addition, Konica Minolta has been conducting surveys on cobalt since fiscal 2018, and on mica since fiscal 2021, and has appropriately responded to customers’ requests for these surveys as well.