Artience Co Ltd

The Sustainability Committee is chaired by the Group's Chief Sustainability Officer, with the Group CEO as chief supervisor. The committee formulates plans, implements, evaluates, and follows up on all Group-wide sustainability-related activities. it also reports regularly to senior management at meetings of the Group Management Committee and the Board of Directors, and receives instructions on how to respond as necessary. For FY2022, the group-wide meeting of the Sustainability Conference was held in September as in usual years to share the progress of sustainability activities and activity policies. After the meeting, we held training for officers and department managers, which was also open to other personnel wishing to take it, helping them to deepen their understanding of diversity. In July 2023, the ESG Promotion Office was established as a body that specializes in implementation of ESG activities.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]While the Toyo Ink Group's CO2 emission target is an absolute target, the greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the Japan Chemical Industry Association, of which the Toyo Ink Group is a member, are about a reduction of emissions in the case of Business As Usual (BAU), in which anticipated changes in production volumes are reflected. At the Toyo Ink Group, we confirm the greenhouse gas reduction targets presented by the Japan Chemical Industry Association at the general meetings, in our annual reports, and the like, and check coherencies/consistencies with the Toyo Ink Group's own targets.