Stakeholder Engagement & External Recognition
Stakeholder Engagement
Seeking to maintain the trust of shareholders, investors, business partners, employees, communities, and a wide range of other stakeholders, Alps Alpine takes an earnest approach toward incorporating stakeholder feedback through various opportunities for communication. In this manner, we seek to shape our management activities based on the expectations and desires of diverse stakeholders in order to continue creating value and build trusting relationships.
| Customers | We share information with customers throughout all stages of our business, beginning with product development, to address customer needs as we aspire to provide viable solutions for all areas of our broad business domain. In addition, we seek higher levels of customer engagement through communication with customers at exhibitions, events, and other opportunities. |
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| Shareholders and Investors | Proactive, two-way communication is practiced with institutional investors and private shareholders. Information on Alps Alpine’s sustainability activities is shared through regular general meetings of shareholders and financial results briefings and, recently, through shareholder relations meetings. Input gathered through such activities is communicated to management to be reflected in management activities. We also use our corporate website and other tools to conduct prescient information disclosure in order to provide accurate information to as many people as possible in a timely manner. |
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| Business Partners | Alps Alpine maintains a stance of treating business partners with fairness, impartiality, and integrity and building relationships founded on trust fostered through legal compliance and social ethics. We are also committed to ensuring safety and protecting the environment, and we work together with business partners to make contributions to the realization of a sustainable society across the supply chain. Policies and guidelines for these efforts have been formulated to guide responsible procurement activities. |
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| Communities | The Company has defined its policy of contributing to society through coexistence with society and local communities, the cultivation of manufacturing human resources, preservation of the environment, and the resolution of social issues. Communication with communities is practiced in regard to our activities in these areas. Through our community outreach activities, we strive to foster understanding regarding our business and initiatives and build trusting relations with communities. |
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| Economic Associations and Industry Associations | Alps Alpine seeks to gain an understanding of the expectations and demands of society through involvement in industry organizations. We also endeavor to contribute to the development of the industry through participation in committees as a member of these organizations. |
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| Employees | Employee awareness surveys and various other initiatives are undertaken to build a workplace environment and culture that allow all employees to feel motivated and continue to grow. |
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Involvement in Initiatives and Industry Organizations
Alps Alpine supports and participates in a variety of initiatives and industry organizations both as a contribution to the realization of a sustainable society and in order to remain a company that is trusted by stakeholders.
Alps Alpine declared its support for the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in September 2020. By analyzing climate-related risks and opportunities and applying the findings to business strategy, Alps Alpine seeks to achieve sustainable growth and respond appropriately to risks.
- Related section: TCFD-Based Information Disclosure
Alps Alpine has signed up to RE100, the global corporate renewable energy initiative bringing together businesses committed to use of 100% renewable electricity.
Alps Alpine's goal is to replace all electricity we use in our business activities with renewable energy by 2030.
- Related section: Decarbonization
- Related link: RE100
The Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP) is a coalition of diverse businesses taking proactive action on climate change based on a shared sense of urgency. Alps Alpine joined the group in 2022. We look to tap the knowledge of other JCLP members to accelerate our own decarbonization efforts, while also actively participating in the group’s activities.
- Related section: Decarbonization
- Related link: JCLP
Alps Alpine is a member of JEITA and currently serves on the Executive Board. We advance activities through participation in a number of study groups and committees, including the Environmental Steering Board, the CSR Committee, the Responsible Minerals Trade Working Group, the Study Group on the Electronic Components Industry for Carbon Neutrality.
- Related section: Sustainable Procurement Measures
JAPIA advances efforts in a number of areas, including carbon neutrality and reduction of CO2 emissions. As a JAPIA member, Alps Alpine keeps step with the industry, working toward attainment of industry goals by reducing CO2 emissions and ensuring compliance with chemical substance controls.
External Recognition
In recent years, an increasingly large amount of attention has been directed toward ESG investment, or the practice of selecting investment targets based on evaluations of both financial information as well as a company’s efforts in the areas of the environment, human rights, and corporate governance. Alps Alpine has been included in six investment indexes adopted by GPIF, the world’s largest public pension fund.
The FTSE4Good Index Series is designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. FTSE4Good indices are used widely by market participants when creating or assessing sustainable investment products and other financial products. Alps Alpine was first selected as a constituent in fiscal 2021.
- 関連リンク：FTSE4Good Index Series
Alps Alpine was selected for inclusion for the third year in a row. The FTSE Blossom Japan Index is an index designed by FTSE Russell to measure the performance of Japanese companies that demonstrate strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. The index is widely used to create and assess ESG investment funds and other financial products.
- Related link: FTSE Blossom Japan Index
The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is designed to measure the performance of Japanese companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices relative to their respective sectors. Alps Alpine has been selected as a constituent for two years in a row.
- Related link: FTSE Blossom Japan Index
Developed by MSCI Inc., MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes comprise companies with high ESG ratings. Alps Alpine has been selected as a constituent.
- Related link: MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes
Developed by MSCI Inc., the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index selects Japanese companies that have high environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. Alps Alpine has received an AA rating and has been selected as a constituent for two years in a row.
Note: The inclusion of Alps Alpine in any MSCI Index and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks, or index names herein do not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement, or promotion of Alps Alpine by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI Index is an exclusive property of MSCI. The MSCI Index names or logos represent trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.
- Related link: MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index
Alps Alpine was selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN).
Note: The inclusion of Alps Alpine in any MSCI Index and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks, or index names herein do not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement, or promotion of Alps Alpine by MSCI or any of its affiliates. The MSCI Index is an exclusive property of MSCI. The MSCI Index names or logos represent trademarks or service marks of MSCI or its affiliates.
- Related link: MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN)
Alps Alpine has been selected as a constituent of the Morningstar Japan ex-REIT Gender Diversity Tilt Index, an ESG index used by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) since 2023. Alps Alpine was included in Group 1, the top of five groups ranked according to their gender equality score.
- Related link: Morningstar Gender Diversity Indexes
Alps Alpine was selected for the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, an index with a TOPIX universe that weighs constituent companies based on the disclosure of environmental information and carbon-efficiency levels.
- Related link: S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index
Alps Alpine has been selected as a constituent of the SOMPO Sustainability Index comprising companies with an above-standard overall ESG score based on corporate research relating to environmental (E) practices conducted by Sompo Risk Management Inc. and corporate research relating to social (S) and governance (G) practices conducted by IntegreX Inc.
Alps Alpine earned a "A-" rating in CDP’s climate change evaluation, which assesses companies’ disclosure of environmental initiatives.
- Related link: CDP Japan
Alps Alpine has been selected as a CDP Supplier Engagement Leader for 2022, the highest Supplier Engagement Rating (SER) given by international environmental non-profit organization CDP.
- Related link: CDP Japan
For the fourth year in a row, starting in 2020, Alps Alpine has been recognized as an outstanding enterprise engaging in efforts for health and productivity management within the large enterprise category of the Certified Health & Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program run by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
The program recognizes large enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, and other organizations making outstanding efforts in health and productivity management in line with health-related challenges in communities or health-conscious activities led by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
- Related link: ACTION! Health and Productivity Management
