Materiality

As the business environment is expected to change significantly in the future, JUKI has identified priority issues based on the perspectives of both JUKI and its stakeholders.
In fiscal 2025, JUKI adopted a new materiality matrix to review "double materiality," a concept that considers not only how environmental and social issues impact the company's financial performance, but also how the company's activities affect the environment and society.
JUKI aims to realize a "Sustainable JUKI" while working to improve the sustainability of both JUKI and society.

Materiality Identification Process

1

Identification of sustainability issues

Identifying issues based on key megatrends expected to drastically transform the business environment, items to be addressed by the GRI standards, risks and opportunities in the business environment, roles expected of stakeholders, etc.

2

Evaluation of sustainability issues

Evaluating the importance of the identified sustainability issues based on the perspectives of JUKI and its stakeholders

3

Identification of materiality

Grouping closely related sustainability issues, reassessing their importance, and then identifying materiality

Materiality & Key initiatives（KPI）

Environment Environment

Activities 1

  • Achieving a decarbonized society

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1.2.3) by improving our own energy efficiency/introducing renewable energy/developing products with lower environmental impact, etc.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Scope 1.2 emissions reduction
    Reduce emissions by 50% from FY2013 levels by FY2030, and by 80% from FY2013 levels by FY2050.
  • Scope 3 emissions reduction
    Scope 3 emissions reduction: 25% reduction from FY2022 levels by FY2030, 80% reduction from FY2022 levels by FY2050
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • -38% over FY2013
  • -40% over FY2022
  • Creating a recycling-oriented society

Promote the efficient use of resources and waste reduction by optimizing waste treatment processes / expanding the use of renewable materials.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Reduce waste generated through business activities-Improve the waste recycling ratio
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • Waste recycling ratio 74.8%
  • Coexistence with nature

Minimize the impact of business activities on biodiversity through compliance with laws and regulations and the control of hazardous air pollutants, etc.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Compliance with environmental laws and regulations -Number of violations: 0
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • Zero cases

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Society Society

Activities 2

  • Making the workplace a great place to work

Create a work environment in which every employee can do fulfilling work by talking with employees and providing opportunities to promote their growth and health.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Promote dialogue between management and employees
  • Support employee career development
  • Provide training to develop executive candidates
  • Conduct regular health examinations - maintain a 100% examination rate
  • Conduct specified health examinations and specified health guidance -maintain a 100% examinations rate and implementation rate
  • Encourage employees to take paid leave -80% or more of employees will take 12 or more days of paid leave per year by FY2027
  • Reduce non-statutory and statutory examination holiday working hours –The average non-statutory working workers will be less than 30 hours per month by FY2027
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • Hold a total of 8 town hall meetings with domestic and overseas offices
  • Hold career talk room meetings (career exchange meetings with senior employees) for young and mid-career employees
  • Hold a total of 6 workshops for 20 executive candidates
  • Maintain 100%
  • Maintain 100%
  • 50.6%
  • Overtime working hours:Average 8 hours per month
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion

Realize an organization in which all employees can play active roles by accepting diverse values and providing an equitable employment environment.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Increase the ratio of female managers - 30% by FY2030
  • Increase the ratio of male employees taking paternity leave -80% by FY2027
  • Correct the wage differential ratio between men and women - 90% by FY2028
  • Increase the employment ratio of handicapped persons - 2.5% by FY2025
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • 7.8%
  • 62.5%
  • 83.8%
  • 2.1%
  • Strengthening relationships with local communities

Maintain and strengthen relationships with local communities by participating in community activities and providing educational opportunities for local communities.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Participation in local activities
  • Educational support for local communities
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • Participation in programs led by local communities (main initiatives)
    • Participation in the Tama City ESD Consortium
    • Participation in the Tama City Industrial Promotion Council
    • Participation in an upcycling event at the "Eco-Fest 2024" organized by OPA Seiseki Sakuragaoka, Tama City
    • Participation in a scholarship support program at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
  • Acceptance of social studies tours from educational institutions (main initiatives)
    • Domestic: 3 elementary schools in the suburbs of Tama City
    • Overseas: Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
  • Supply chain management

Achieve a sustainable supply chain by assessing the social impacts of business partners.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Compliance with various laws and regulations in the procurement process -100% compliance rate
  • Regular training sessions with major domestic suppliers
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • 100%
  • Three times in total
  • Product quality and safety

Ensure product quality/safety by strengthening JUKI's quality control system and maintaining product safety standards.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Maintenance and management of the quality management system -100% rate of ISO9001 acquisition by production plants *Excluding plants that have been established for less than 1 year
  • Implementation of educational activities related to quality
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • 100%
  • Company-wide QC activities to improve quality awareness within our company (implementation of the JUKI Global Quality Management Forum)

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Governance Governance

Activities 3

  • Risk management

Correctly assess risks in the business environment and take steps to minimize their impact.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Strengthen risk management -identification of critical risks and 100% response rate
  • Prevent serious occupational accidents -0 serious accidents
  • Implement information security training - 100% pass rate among eligible trainees
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • 100%
  • Zero cases
  • 95% of the 2,921 eligible individuals participated
  • Compliance

Promote highly transparent business operations by ensuring legal compliance and ethical behavior.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Strengthen corporate governance - 100% compliance rate with the Corporate Governance Code
  • Implement harassment training - 100% participation by eligible employees
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • 100%
  • 91% (935 participants out of 1,023 eligible participants)

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Business Business

Activities 4

  • Support for industrial development

Support the development of clothing industry and society by resolving customer challenges in areas such as automation / environmental impact reduction / working environment improvement / support for the resolution of human resource development, etc.

Key initiatives and target values
  • Provision of products that help solve social issues -Number of products placed on the market certified as JUKI SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS in the relevant fiscal year
Progress for the fiscal year 2024
  • Two cases (LK-1900C、LX-8)

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