BookTitleToyota Tsusho 70-Year History

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Toyota Tsusho 70-Year History

of the company to sustain society without engaging inharmful or unethical behavior. The concept of CSR hasdrawn attention since the 2000s, and Toyota Tsushoclarified its fundamental stance on CSR in 2005. It was inMay of that year that Toyota Tsusho established its CSRCommittee. Each department and subsidiary of ToyotaTsusho subsequently began engaging in CSR activitiesbased on the policy established by the CSR Committee.Toyota Tsusho has also formulated a Global Codeof Conduct & Ethics (COCE) that describes in moredetail the conduct required to support Toyota Tsusho’scorporate philosophy. The COCE was translated into 20languages to ensure that every member of Toyota Tsushoand the Toyota Tsusho Group understood it.In March 2018, Toyota Tsusho identified its CSRMaterialities (priority issues). These are not issues thatToyota Tsusho has linked with CSR as an afterthought;they are issues that the company is engaging withsystematically as it pursues business from the perspectiveof resolving the issues facing society.The company’s CSR Materialities initiative is focusedon achieving the SDGs, or Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, adopted by the United Nations in September2015. It is hoped that the initiative will lead to awarenessamong the company’s employees of the materialities and,in turn, to the company’s sustainable growth through theincorporation of the materialities in business activitiesand to the resolution of social issues through theachievement of the SDGs.Section 2 Measures to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion1 The D&I DeclarationIn 2006, Toyota Tsusho launched an initiative toimprove diversity in the workplace. This initiativeinvolved measures to promote a better work-life balanceby, for example, expanding the childcare and nursingcare leave system aimed at reducing long working hours,introducing a work attendance management system, andmandating prior application and approval for overtimework to reduce long working hours. Toyota Tsushoalso designated 2014 as the First Year for SpreadingDiversity & Inclusion (D&I) and established a setting toconduct intensive lectures on the theme of D&I for theexecutives, department managers, and section managers(group leaders) who are responsible for running eachorganizational unit to promote an understanding ofdiversity and broaden awareness of diversity issues.2 Promotion of Globalization and Active Rolesfor Female EmployeesUnder the banner of human resource training andhuman resource policies, Toyota Tsusho has beenengaging in a range of global and gender-basedinitiatives to nurture talent and ensure that women aregiven ample opportunities. In response to the rapidexpansion and globalization of business, Toyota Tsushohas been providing educational opportunities for itsworkforce to acquire the practical knowledge and skillsnecessary to work for the Toyota Tsusho Group based onan understanding of the Toyota Tsusho Group Way andGlobal 2020 Vision.Moreover, to promote active roles for women in theworkplace, in April 2014 Toyota Tsusho started sendingCSR Materiality issues of the Toyota Tsusho GroupHistory179