Goals and Results

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)

Material issues to work on through business

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
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Contribute to maintaining and improving industrial competitiveness through R&D and manufacturing processes
  • Enhance training of human resources with craftsmanship, create intellectual property and reinforce management, to maintain and improve industrial competitiveness as a company operating on a global scale
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
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
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Material issues as the foundation of value creation

Material issues Ideal vision in a decade
(medium- to long-term plan)		 Related SDGs
Respond to climate change and mitigate environmental impacts
  • Reduce CO2 emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by 50% by FY2030 (compared with FY2019)
  • Accelerate initiatives throughout the entire value chain to achieve carbon neutrality
  • 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: 90% or more
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 13 Climate Action
Create an environment in which diverse human capital can participate actively
  • Ensure diversity in the appointment of core human resources (percentage of female managers of 10% or more by FY2033)
  • Create an environment in which diverse human resources can participate actively
  • 3 Good Health and Well-Being
  • 4 Quality Education
  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Enhance supply chain management
  • Build partnerships based on relationships of trust and provide open opportunities
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 17 Partnerships for the Goals
Enhance governance
  • A risk and compliance structure with both flexibility and resilience
  • A Board of Directors that is highly effective
  • Driving sustainable management aggressively and actively
  • Train and secure diverse human resources for management
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Note: Following the Sustainability Committee meeting held on May 11, 2026 and the Board of Directors meeting held on May 13, 2026, the materialities “Respond to Climate Change” and “Mitigate Environmental Impacts” were integrated and revised to “Respond to Climate Change and Mitigate Environmental Impacts,” as shown above.

Targets and Actual Results FY2025

Material issues to work on through business

Material issues Single-year targets (FY2025) FY2025 results
Contribute to a digital society by developing and supplying cutting-edge technology
  • Net sales: 80.0 billion yen
  • Operating income: 10.5 billion yen
  • ROS: 13.1%
  • ROE: 15.8%
  • Net sales: 88.0 billion yen
  • Operating income: 15.3 billion yen
  • ROS: 17.3%
  • ROE: 21.7%
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)
  • Investments related to research and development: 23.1 billion yen
    (total for the 2023–2025 Medium-Term Management Plan period)
Develop and supply environmentally conscious products to contribute to a green society
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 85% or more
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 92.3%
Contribute to customers’ stable operation and productivity with quality and services
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by the service business: 20% or more
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by the service business:25.9%

Material issues as the foundation of value creation

Material issues Single-year targets (FY2025) FY2025 results
Respond to climate change and mitigate environmental impacts
  • Reduce the absolute value of CO2
  • Promote green procurement
  • Maintain a recycling rate of 99% or higher
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 85% or more
  • CO2 emissions: 77.4% decrease compared to FY2019 (domestic Group)
  • Recycling rate: 99.9%
  • Percentage of net sales accounted for by environmentally conscious products: 92.3%
Create an environment in which diverse human capital can participate actively
  • Plan human resources in line with our management vision (enhance recruitment activities)
  • Comply with the Human Rights Policy
  • Promote human resource training through education
  • Create an environment that is pleasant for women
  • Prevent occupational accidents (severity and frequency)
  • Promote employee health (health guidance and support)
  • Percentage of managers who are female: 5.9%
  • Percentage of hires who are female: 14.7%
  • Number of hours of training per employee: 11.5 (domestic Group)
  • Percentage of male employees who used the childcare leave system: 58.3% (domestic Group)
  • Return rate of employees after taking childcare leave: 100% (domestic Group)
  • Number of occupational accidents resulting in work absence of four days or more: 0
  • Periodic health examination rate: 100% (domestic group)
Enhance supply chain management
  • Thoroughly comply with the Procurement Policy and “Declaration of Partnership Building”
  • Business partner meetings: one held (attended by a total of approx. 100 companies)
  • Executed the “Declaration of Partnership Building” (explicit indication of a willingness to engage in discussions when price pass-through is necessary, etc.)
Enhance governance
  • Identify priority risks and opportunities 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
  • Formulate and disclose tax policy
  • Risk and Compliance Committee meetings: two held (review of the Risk Matrix, 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 an ongoing issue)
  • Sustainability Committee meetings: three held (confirmation of progress toward achieving goals for each material issue, etc.)

Note: Following the Sustainability Committee meeting held on May 11, 2026 and the Board of Directors meeting held on May 13, 2026, the materialities “Respond to Climate Change” and “Mitigate Environmental Impacts” were integrated and revised to “Respond to Climate Change and Mitigate Environmental Impacts,” as shown above.

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