The Shibaura Mechatronics Group is implementing sustainability management tied with materiality (priority issues) with a view to the sustainable growth that “Shibaura Vision 2033” is aiming to achieve.
Ideal Vision for Each Materiality
(Medium to Long-Term Management Plan)
Materiality relating to our businesses
| Material issues |
Vision in 10 Years
(Medium-To-Long-Term Management Plan) |
Related SDGs |
| Contribute to a digital society by developing and supplying cutting-edge technology |
- Develop and supply cutting-edge technology that anticipate social changes, and leverage digital technology to create a more affluent and creative society
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| Contribute to maintaining and improving industrial competitiveness through R&D and manufacturing processes |
- Enhance training of human capital with craftsmanship, create intellectual property and reinforce management, to maintain and improve industrial competitiveness as a company operating on a global scale
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| Develop and supply environmentally conscious products to contribute to a green society |
- Develop technology and processes for reducing the amount of energy and raw material used and press ahead with the development and supply of products that mitigate environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of the Company’s products
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| Contribute to customers’ stable operation and productivity with quality and services |
- Continue achieving globally resilient supply and operations of manufacturing equipment to help maintain customers’ ongoing growth
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Materiality that forms our foundation for value creation
| Material issues |
Ideal vision in a decade
(medium- to long-term plan) |
Related SDGs |
| Respond to climate change |
- Reduce CO2 emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 50% by FY2030 (compared with FY2019)
- Comply with the Policy on the Environment
- Accelerate initiatives throughout the entire value chain to achieve carbon neutrality
- Accelerate efforts tied to international initiatives
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| Mitigate environmental impacts |
- Reduce waste (maintain a recycling rate of 99% or higher)
- Disclose data on chemical substances
- Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 85% or more
- Comply with environmental laws and regulations
- Accelerate initiatives toward zero waste emissions
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| Create an environment in which diverse human capital can participate actively |
- Ensure diversity in the appointment of core human capital (percentage of female managers of 10% or more by FY2033)
- Create an environment in which diverse human capital can participate actively
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| Enhance supply chain management |
- Build partnerships based on relationships of trust and provide open opportunities
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| Enhance governance |
- Develop a flexible and resilient risk and compliance structure
- Improve the effectiveness of the Board of Directors
- Promote constructive and active sustainability management
- Train and secure diverse human capital in management
- Maintain appropriate tax reporting and payments that comply with laws and regulations
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Targets and Actual Results FY 2023
Materiality relating to our businesses
| Material issues |
Single-year targets (FY2023) |
FY2023 results |
| Contribute to a digital society by developing and supplying cutting-edge technology |
- Net sales: 59.0 billion yen
- Operating income: 7.3 billion yen
- ROS: 12.4%
- ROE: 15.0%
(announced in February 2024)
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- Net sales: 67.6 billion yen
- Operating income: 11.69 billion yen
- ROS: 17.3%
- ROE: 24.5%
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| Contribute to maintaining and improving industrial competitiveness through R&D and manufacturing processes |
- Investment related to research and development: 20.0 billion yen (total for the 2023–2025 Medium-Term Management Plan period)
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- Investments related to research and development: 7.8 billion yen
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| Develop and supply environmentally conscious products to contribute to a green society |
- Investment related to research and development: 20.0 billion yen (total for the 2023–2025 Medium-Term Management Plan period)
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- Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 97.6%
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| Contribute to customers’ stable operation and productivity with quality and services |
- Percentage of net sales accounted for by the service business: 20% or more
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- Percentage of net sales accounted for by the service business:17.7%
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Materiality that forms our foundation for value creation
| Material issues |
Single-year targets (FY2023) |
FY2023 results |
| Respond to climate change |
- Reduce the absolute value of CO2 Promote green procurement
- Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 85% or more
- Respond to demands for TCFD disclosure (scenario analysis, evaluation of risks and opportunities, and determination of target values)
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- CO2 emissions: 5.1% year-on-year decrease
- Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 97.6%
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| Mitigate environmental impacts |
- Maintain 99% or higher recycling rate
- Reduce chemical substance contained in products
- Disclose data on chemical substances
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- Recycling rate: 99.9%
- Disclosed data on chemical substances in Integrated Report 2023
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| Create an environment in which diverse human capital can participate actively |
- Plan human capital in line with our management vision (enhance recruitment activities)
- Pursue diversity and implement activities for employing the elderly
- Promote training
- Comply with the Basic Policy on Safety and Health
- Prevent occupational accidents (severity and frequency)
- Promote employee health (health guidance and support)
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- Percentage of managers who are female: 6.05%
- Percentage of hires who are female: 19.1%
- Employment rate of persons with disabilities: 2.51% (domestic group; legally required: 2.3%)
- Number of occupational accidents resulting in work absence of four days or more: 0
- Percentage of male employees who used the childcare leave system: 71.4% (domestic group)
- Return rate of employees after taking childcare leave: 100% (domestic group)
- Periodic health examination rate: 100% (domestic group)
- Number of hours of training per employee: 10.4 (domestic group)
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| Enhance supply chain management |
- Comply with the Policy on Procurement
- Have dialogues with partners (support legal compliance checks and conduct CSR procurement questionnaires)
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- Business partner meetings: two held (attended by a total of roughly 160 companies)
- Announced the declaration of partnership building
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| Enhance governance |
- Identify priority risks and implement suitable measures through the Risk and Compliance Committee
- Stimulate strategic discussions at Board of Directors meetings
- Streamline the operation of the Board of Directors
- Develop and disclose specific targets for sustainability management
- Continually consider the director remuneration and personnel system
- Organize a basic approach for tax payments to formulate a policy on taxes
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- Risk and Compliance Committee meetings: three held (deliberated on risks and opportunities related to each material issue, etc.)
- Implemented an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Board of Directors (confirmed that the board is effective overall,although the stimulation of strategic discussions remains anongoing issue)
- Sustainability Committee meetings: four held (deliberated on material issues, specific achievement targets and measures, etc.)
- Formulated succession plans
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